12/26/2023 0 Comments Narcissus tribez1Īccording to some traditions, Narcissus sent a sword to one of his lovers, Ameinias, who killed himself with it at the very door of Narcissus' house, and called upon the gods to avenge his death. This beautiful story is related at length by Ovid. ![]() As this shadow was unapproachable Narcissus gradually perished with love, and his corpse was metamorphosed into the flower called after him narcissus. ![]() Nemesis accordingly caused Narcissus to see his own face reflected in a well, and to fall in love with his own image. One of his rejected lovers, however, prayed to Nemesis to punish him for his unfeeling heart. The nymph Echo, who loved him, but in vain, died away with grief. He was a very handsome youth, but wholly inaccessible to the feeling of love. A son of Cephissus and the nymph Liriope of Thespiae.
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