Narcissus And Echo. She was a favorite of diana and attended her in the chase. After he died the water nymphs and wood nymphs searched for his body.
Narcissus mocked ameinias for his desires and out of spite gifted him a sword. Echo and narcissus is a myth from ovid s metamorphoses a roman mythological epic from the augustan age the introduction of the myth of the mountain nymph echo into the story of narcissus the beautiful youth who rejected echo and fell in love with his own reflection appears to have been ovid s invention ovid s version influenced the presentation of the myth in later western art and literature. Before echo stumbled upon narcissus in the woods there was a young man named ameinias.
She was a favorite of diana and attended her in the chase.
They were tragic greek characters in a story told by the roman poet ovid in metamorphoses sadly both partners are locked into a painful drama where neither feel satisfied or sufficiently loved. Echo and narcissus is a 1903 oil painting by john william waterhouse it illustrates the myth of echo and narcissus from ovid s metamorphoses. She was a favorite of diana and attended her in the chase. Echo was just one of a number of spurned lovers for a tale is also told about the rejection of ameinias a fragile youth who had also fallen in love with narcissus but was also spurned.