Echo and Narcissus

When Narcissus was born, his mother Liriope, asked his father Tiresias if Narcissus would live until old age and his father said he would if 'he never knew himself'. His mother didn't understand that prophesy but she would in a few years. When Narcissus came to be about 16 he had grown into a very good looking young man, many men and women wanted him but he turned them all down. One day he went out hunting and Echo, the nymph, saw him and instantly fell in love with him. Echo had a curse put on her by Juno awhile before because she was helping hide her nymph friends from Juno when they were having fun with Jove. To punish her, Juno took Echo's voice away so that she could only say the last few words someone said, she could have no speech of her own. When she fell in love with Narcissus she could not tell him how she felt but she did repeat every last word he said until he became confused and said 'lets meet'. She ran to him and embraced him, Narcissus was revolted and threw her off. Echo was so upset that she wasted away until nothing but her voice remains, echoing what others say. Narcissus went to a clear spring and bent to take a drink, he saw his own reflection and fell in love with it. Whenever he tried to grab it or kiss it, it disappeared. He became so upset he wasted away like Echo. Narcissus eventually turned into a white and yellow flower called the Narcissus flower.

 Echo

 Narcissus