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unusual facts about 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.

Five Canticles

Also titled "The Death of Saint Narcissus" and numbered opus 89, this piece was written in 1974 in memory of William Plomer.

Francesco Robba

Other works include the Narcissus fountain (Ljubljana), the altar and the statues (1736) in St. James's Church (Ljubljana), an altar in the cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Ljubljana), the majority of the main altar in the Franciscan Church of the Annunciation (Ljubljana), a statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Klagenfurt (Austria) and an altar in the parish church in Vransko.

I'm Not/Comfy in Nautica

The song "I'm Not" samples the rondeau Rose, liz, printemps, verdure by Guillaume de Machaut, recorded by the early-music vocal group the Gothic Voices (on their album "The Mirror of Narcissus").

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey

Until the publication of the Memoirs Hervey was chiefly known as the object of savage satire on the part of Alexander Pope, in whose works he figured as Lord Fanny, Sporus, Adonis and Narcissus.

Jonquil

Narcissus jonquilla, the jonquil, a narcissus with clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers and cylindrical leaves, native to southern Europe and northeastern Africa

Liriope

Liriope (nymph), the mother of Narcissus by the river-god Cephissus, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Maisnières

There are water features and an English garden and also a flower collection including ferns, narcissus and poppies.

Matthew 6:28

Modern scholars have proposed a number of different flowers that Jesus could be here referring to, according to Fowler these include the autumn crocus, scarlet poppy, Turk's cap lily, anemone coronaria, the narcissus, the gladiolus, and the iris.

Merodon

One of the more common species in the genus, Merodon equestris is known as the Narcissus bulb fly, greater bulb-fly, large bulb fly or large Narcissus fly.

Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway

The line continues higher to the small village of Caux passing through Alpine meadows which, in the Springtime, are full of wild growing narcissus, forget-me-nots and others, before reaching its upper terminus at Rochers-de-Naye, the home of the Marmot Paradise, a centre where seven varieties of these small mammals can be seen in a natural environment.

Orwell Award

1997: Gertrude Himmelfarb for "Professor Narcissus: In Today's Academy, Everything Is Personal," June 2, 1997, issue of The Weekly Standard

Portrait of Narcissus

Portrait Of Narcissus is the third solo album by David Wolfenberger.

Rose O'Neill

Her properties included Bonniebrook; an apartment in Washington Square in Greenwich Village that inspired the song Rose of Washington Square; Castle Carabas in Connecticut; and Villa Narcissus on the Isle of Capri, Italy.

Saint Afra

As the persecution of Christians during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian began, Bishop Narcissus of Girona (in Spain) sought refuge in Augsburg and lodged with Afra and her mother, Hilaria.

Slavery in ancient Rome

Some rose to positions of great influence, such as Narcissus, a former slave of the Emperor Claudius.


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