Narcissus

=Narcissus= Narcissus, known as the person who fell in love with his own reflection, was loved by Apollo and is considered as one of the most handsome young men, whose beauty has been compared to Adonis. He was the son of Cephisus and the nymph Liriope, or of Endymion and Selene.

Tiresias' Prophecy
When Narcissus was born, Tiresias was asked wether the child would live a long life. He answered: "If he never knows himself."- Metamorphoses

Hard to Get
When Narcissus was a sixteen year old boy, Echo fell in love with him, but her love was not returned. It is said that she disappeared from the woods, and that her body was not found, having being turned to stone, but her voice still lives in her. Besides Echo, many other nymphs fell in love with Narcissus, but were also ignored. Finally one prayed to heaven: "So may he himself love, and not gain the things he loves!"- Metamorphoses

The prayer was heard by Nemesis. And so Narcissus, having come to a pool fell in love with his own reflection, and since he could not get what he loved he died of sorrow. The nymphs grieved his death, including Echo, but when they were going to set up his funeral pyre, they could not find his body. Instead, they found a flower that bears his name.

Narcissist - a person who admires his own physical appearances. Narcotics - a type of medicine which lessens pain (staring at the reflection was able to let him live through the pain of hunger)

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