Echo (mythology) about courtly love. Such exhortations were entirely absent from the "Metamorphoses" rendition. "The Romance of the Rose" is a medieval French poem, the first section of which was written by Guillaume de Lorris in around 1230 C.E. The poem was completed by Jean de Meun in around 1275 C.E. Part of a much larger narrative, the tale of Echo and Narcissus is relayed when the central figure stumbles across the pool wherein Narcissus first glimpsed his own reflection. In this rendition, Echo is not a nymph, or a princess, but a noble lady. She fell madly in love with Narcissus,
Helle (mythology) care of a sleepless dragon. With the Greek god Poseidon, Helle was the mother of the giant Almops and Paeon (called Edonus in some accounts). Helle (mythology) Helle (; ), sometimes also called Athamantis (Ἀθαμαντίς), was a character in Greek mythology who figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. Phrixus, son of King Athamas of Boiotia and the half-nymph Nephele, along with his twin sister, Helle, were hated by their stepmother, Ino. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all the town's crop seeds so they would not grow. The local farmers,