Echo and Narcissus (Waterhouse painting) mythology. In Ovid's version of the myth, Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. His parents were told that he would live to an old age if he did not look at himself. He rejected all the nymphs and women who fell in love with him. One of these was the nymph Echo, who was so upset by her rejection that she withdrew from life and wasted away until all that was left was a whisper. Her prayers were heard by the goddess Nemesis who caused Narcissus to fall in love with his own
Narcissus (mythology) named, "Act. 2 Narcissus". BTS, a South Korean group, under BigHit, released a comeback trailer titled "Singularity" for their album "", featuring V (Kim Taehyung) with references to the myth in both lyrics and visual aspects of the video. Narcissus has been a subject for many painters including: Caravaggio, Poussin, Turner, Dalí, Waterhouse, Carpioni, Lagrenée, and Roos. Sculptors such as Paul Dubois, John Gibson, Henri-Léon Gréber and Hubert Netzer have sculpted Narcissus. Narcissus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Narcissus (; Ancient Greek: Νάρκισσος "Nárkissos") was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. According to Tzetzes, he