Echo (mythology) is known, is Norman-French verse narrative written towards the end of the 12th century. In the four manuscripts that remain, an unknown author borrows from the Echo and Narcissus of Ovid to create a story better suited to the needs of his time. This medieval account alters the characters of both Echo and Narcissus. In Ovid’s account Echo is a beautiful nymph residing with the Muses, and Narcissus is a haughty prince. In "The Lay of Narcissus", Echo is replaced by the princess Dané. Conversely, Narcissus loses the royal status he bore in Ovid's account: in this rendition he is
Pleiades (Greek mythology) Pleiades (Greek mythology) The Pleiades (; ), companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene. They were the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides. The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Dionysus. They were thought to have been translated to the night sky as a cluster of stars, the Pleiades, and were associated with rain. Classicists debate the origin of the name "Pleiades". It ostensibly