This loveliest of nymphs gave birth at full term to a child whom, even then, one could fall in love with, called Narcissus. Being consulted as to whether the child would live a long life, to a ripe old age, the seer with prophetic vision replied ‘If he does not discover himself’.

Imploring him to tell her if her son, unequalled for his beauty, whom she called Narcissus, might attain a ripe old age.

NARCISSUS There was a fountain silver-clear and bright, which neither shepherds nor the wild she-goats, that range the hills, nor any cattle's mouth had touched—its waters were unsullied—birds disturbed it not; nor animals, nor boughs that fall so often from the trees.

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Oct 24, 2005 · Narcissus in Ovid's Metamorphosis Book 3.337 . Ovid told of Narcissus’ story from his birth: Narcissus was fathered by a river god to a nymph named Liriope. Liriope was told by a prophet that Narcissus would reach old age if he failed to recognize himself. Narcissus turned into a very beautiful young man, whom everyone loved.

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Echo and Narcissus by Ovid is a story in Greek mythology that uses figurative language to explore themes of romantic rejection. Read the text at CommonLit.

by Loewenstein and Hardie, Ovid uses Narcissus to render vicariously the thematic complex of Oedipus by relating his Narcissus tale to the most powerful literary representation of Oedipus’ fate, Sophocles’ Oe-

This loveliest of nymphs gave birth at full term to a child whom, even then, one could fall in love with, called Narcissus. Being consulted as to whether the child would live a long life, to a ripe old age, the seer with prophetic vision replied ‘If he does not discover himself’.

Ovid's treatment of the myth of Narcissus is complex and clever, and two specifically Ovidian themes have had a particular influence on my reflections.5 First, Ovid is concerned throughout his poetic