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3 unusual facts about Echo and Narcissus


Echo and Narcissus

The introduction of the myth of the mountain nymph Echo into the story of Narcissus, the beautiful youth who rejected sexuality and falls in love with his own reflection, appears to have been Ovid's invention.

He then wastes away with love for himself, echoing the manner in which Echo did earlier on.

Tales from Ovid

In 2009, Fiona Shaw performed one of these tales, Echo and Narcissus, in the context of a Prologue to Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, directed by French conductor and harpsichordist William Christie.



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