Echo (mythology) context of the Great Deluge. Nonnus states that the waters rose so far that even high on the hills Echo was forced to swim. Having escaped the advances of Pan, she feared now the lust of Poseidon. Whereas Nonnus is adamant that Pan never wins Echo, in Apuleius' "The Golden Ass" Pan is described with Echo in his arms, teaching the nymph to repeat all manner of songs. Similarly in the "Suda" Echo is described as bearing Pan a child, "Iynx". Other fragments mention a second daughter, "Iambe". "The Lay of Narcissus", one of many titles by which the work
Echo (mythology) Chloe are staring out at the boats gliding across the sea. Chloe, having never heard an echo before, is confused on hearing the fisherman’s song repeated in a nearby valley. Daphnis promises to tell her the story of Echo in exchange for ten more kisses. Daphnis’ rendition differs radically from Ovid’s account. According to Daphnis, Echo was raised among the Nymphæ because her mother was a nymph. Her father, however, was merely a man and hence Echo was not herself a nymph but mortal. Echo spent her days dancing with the Nymphæ and singing with the Muses who taught her