Echo and Narcissus flame," Echo's presence is revealed to Narcissus, who, after a comic, yet tragic scene, rejects her love. Echo prays, in her mind, of this to Venus, who makes Echo disappear, until she "remains a voice" and "is heard by all." Then, Narcissus "tired from both his enthusiasm for hunting and from the heat" rests by a spring, and whilst drinking, "a new thirst grows inside him" and he is "captivated by the image of the beauty he has seen". He falls deeply in love with "all the things for which he himself is admired." He then wastes away with love
Narcissus (mythology) for abandoning her duties in order to stare at herself in the surface of a river. Joseph Conrad's novel The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' features a merchant ship named "Narcissus". An incident involving the ship, and the difficult decisions made by the crew, explore themes involving self-interest vs. altruism and humanitarianism. In the TV series Boardwalk Empire, a Dr. Narcisse (Valentin Narcisse) is introduced as a condescending intellectual. Scottish-Canadian animator Norman McLaren finished his career with a short film named "Narcissus", re-telling the Greek legend through ballet. Narcissus appears in the Disney adaptation of "Hercules". In the film, he is