Narcissus (mythology) movement is titled "How Dare I Be So Beautiful?". Progressive metal band Threshold referenced the myth with an 11-minute epic titled "Narcissus", the closing track on their album "Hypothetical". Greek metal band Septic Flesh recorded a song about Narcissus (called "Narcissus") on their album "Communion". The cerebral rock band "Glass Wave" retells the Narcissus story from the perspective of the nymph Echo in their song "Echo," from their self-titled album "Glass Wave" (2010). "Narcissus in a Red Dress" by The Like was released on "The Like EP" and their album "Release Me". The Canadian band Hedley has written a song
Narcissus (mythology) word." The word narcissus has come to be used for the daffodil, but there is no clarity on whether the flower is named for the myth, or the myth for the flower, or if there is any true connection at all. Pliny the Elder wrote that the plant was named for its fragrance ("ναρκάω" narkao, "I grow numb") not the youth. Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and nymph Liriope. Several versions of the myth have survived from ancient sources. The classic version is by Ovid, found in book 3 of his "Metamorphoses" (completed 8 AD); this