Echo and Narcissus Source: Edith Hamilton's "Mythology"
- Narcissus was a beautiful bachelor who fell in love with no one, not even the nymph Echo.
- Hera punished Echo by telling her that she cannot speak first, but instead repeat whatever was said to her.
- Echo loved Narcissus, but she couldn't speak to him.
- Narcissus fell in love with himself.
- Narcissus died, with one final look at his reflection in the water.
- He was reincarnated as a beautiful flower in a meadow.