Echo (mythology) only grew. When Narcissus died, wasting away before his own reflection, consumed by a love that could not be, Echo mourned over his body. When Narcissus, looking one last time into the pool uttered, "Oh marvellous boy, I loved you in vain, farewell", Echo too chorused, "Farewell." Eventually, Echo, too, began to waste away. Her beauty faded, her skin shrivelled, and her bones turned to stone. Today, all that remains of Echo is the sound of her voice. The tale of "Daphnis and Chloe" is a 2nd-century romance by Greek author Longus. At one point in the novel, Daphnis and
Beroe (mythology) Poseidon. Eros struck her twice with arrows of love and a confrontation took place for her love. Beroe wore no ornaments or make-up, and she was not vain and never examined herself in the mirror. Beroe was a mortal but often her beauty was compared to that of goddesses. Beroe (mythology) Beroe (Greek: Βερόη) in Greek mythology is a nymph of Beirut, the daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis, and sister of Golgos. She was wooed by both Dionysus and Poseidon, eventually marrying Poseidon. At the birth of Beroe, Hermes acted as the midwife and assisted in the delivery of Beroe