The Basics of the myth are as follows; A talkative Nympth 'Echo' is admired by the Goddess Aphrodite for her magnificent singing voice and songs. When Echo tricks Hera (the wife of Zeus) , Hera curses her so that she no longer has free speech and can only repeat the last thing said.
Echo falls in love with a youth called Narcisuss and he rejects her love and Echo prays to Aphrodite who makes her disapear until she remains only a voice heard by all. Narcissus rejects sexuality and falls in love with his own refection, he then wastes away with dispare as Echo did before him. Later where his body was, is a Narcissus flower, so called because it grows near rivers ( as though to look at its own relfection forever.)
Here are some art works that dipict Echo and Narcissus
There is also a poetry collection of the same name which is unrelated but has some really nice imagery I think we could use. If poetry is your thing :-) have a read - https://www.msu.edu/user/sullivan/BeckettEcho.html
thoughts anyone? Im not sure about the poems myself, might have to read them through again. I am trying to find the actual story that was published this year so I can buy it.
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