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[12] [8] A century later the travel writer Pausanias recorded a novel variant of the story, in which Narcissus falls in love with his twin sister rather than himself. [12] [13] In all versions, his body disappears and all that is left is a narcissus flower. Narcissus at the Spring by Jan Roos depicts Narcissus gazing at his own reflection.
Metamorphosis of Narcissus is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, from 1937.Originally titled Métamorphose de Narcisse, [1] This painting is from Dalí's paranoiac-critical period and depicts his interpretation of the Greek myth of Narcissus.
As the other nymphs took Narcissus into the afterlife, they wailed a sorrowful song, and Echo repeated the last syllabic wails back, in sadness. When the river master of death brought Narcissus on the boat across the Styx into the afterlife, Narcissus stared at his reflection, in unrequited desire. Eventually, Echo, too, began to waste away.
Narcissus was an extremely lovely but also vain youth who rejected all potential lovers. After his attention was directed to a pool of water, he fell in love with the image of his reflection. Unable to even touch the object of his passion, Narcissus pined and wasted away by the bank until only the narcissus flower was all that was left of him.
Echo and Narcissus is an oil painting by French artist Nicolas Poussin, from 1627-1628. It measures 74 by 100 cm (29 by 39 in) and is held in the Louvre , in Paris . [ 1 ]
Unable to consummate his love, Narcissus 'lay gazing enraptured into the pool, hour after hour', [3] and finally pined away, changing into a flower that bears his name, the narcissus. The story was retold in Latin by Ovid in his Metamorphoses , in which form it would have great influence on medieval and Renaissance culture.
Echo and Narcissus is a 1903 oil painting by John William Waterhouse. It illustrates the myth of Echo and Narcissus from Ovid 's Metamorphoses . John William Waterhouse (1847–1917) was an English painter who, because of his style and themes, is generally classified as a Pre-Raphaelite .
Narcissus famously fell in love with his own reflection. Edwards's poems were published as a single volume in 1595; Cephalus and Procris is in couplet form, Narcissus using a seven-line stanza. [2] In the former, Edwards appears to be imitating Marlowe and in the latter Shakespeare. [3] The author concluded each work with a long postscript.