Echo’s love for Narcissus is ill-fated: Narcissus rejects Echo and falls in love with his own reflection. Bereft of her own voice, the nymph can only echo the hunter’s words, which included ...

I have long been fascinated by the myth of Echo and Narcissus, and may finally have cracked its meaning. First, let’s remind ourselves of the myth. In Ovid’s version, the nymph Echo falls in ...

Echo spent the rest of her life grieving for Narcissus, until there was nothing left of her save for her voice. Then, one day, Narcissus became thirsty and went to a lake. Seeing his reflection in ...

Caravaggio, Narcissus, circa 1600. Wikimedia Commons Ovid reveals Echo is merely one in a list of thwarted admirers, including a young man who prays for divine retribution against Narcissus ...

Narcissus has eyes only for himself, and Echo, who has eyes only for Narcissus. This is a piece about obsession and vanity, which inevitably both collide with some force, and with dramatic ...

Narcissus eventually dies by the pool, with Echo standing by futilely. (In some retellings of the myth, Echo turns to stone and dies, too, her voice echoing her sentiments of love for Narcissus.) ...