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Nemesis, the goddess of revenge, heard the pleas of a young man, Ameinias, who had fallen for Narcissus but was ignored and cursed him; Nemesis listened, proclaiming that Narcissus would never be able to be loved by the one he fell in love with. After spurning Echo and the young man, Narcissus became thirsty.
Nemesis caused him to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water where he wasted away and died, unable to take his eyes away from the beautiful youth he did not recognise as himself. Narcissus, looking one last time into the pool uttered, "Oh marvellous boy, I loved you in vain, farewell", Echo too chorused, "Farewell."
Nemesis promised to the goddess that Aura would have her punishment, and that the punishment would be to lose the virginity she took such pride in. Nemesis then contacted Eros, the god of love, and he struck Dionysus with one of his arrows. Dionysus fell madly in love with Aura, and when she rebuffed his advances, he got her drunk, tied her up ...
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.
The third and final book in Weaver’s Ruinous Love trilogy tells the story of Fionn Kane and Rose Evans. The duo made cameos in her other two books, 2023’s Butcher & Blackbird and 2024’s ...
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The goddess Nemesis, taking pity on Echo, convinced Narcissus to gaze into a pool. Upon seeing his face reflected in the water, Narcissus fell in love with his reflection. Because he was unable to embrace his reflection, Narcissus too wasted away and in his place grew the flower that bears his name, the narcissus. [2]