Echo (mythology) how she felt and was forced to watch him as he fell in love with himself. In "Metamorphoses", the poet Ovid tells of Juno (Hera in Greek mythology) and the jealousy she felt towards her husband Jupiter (Zeus in Greek mythology) for his many affairs. Though vigilant, whenever she was about to catch him, Echo distracted her with lengthy conversations. When at last Juno realized the truth, she cursed Echo. From that moment on, the once loquacious nymph could only repeat the most recently spoken words of another person. Sometime after being cursed, Echo spied a young man, Narcissus, while
Echo (mythology) himself oft hears his very own pipes and, giving chase across the mountains, looks in vain for the secret student he can never find. Both the Homeric and Orphic Hymns to Pan reiterate Longus’ tale of Pan chasing Echo’s secret voice across the mountains. Codex 190 of Photius' "Bibliotheca" states that Pan's unrequited love for Echo was placed there by Aphrodite, angry at his verdict in a beauty contest. Nonnus’ "Dionysiaca" contains a number of references to Echo. In Nonnus’ account, though Pan frequently chased Echo, he never won her affection. Book VI also makes reference to Echo in the