Echo and Narcissus – Ovid’s Metamorphoses – ancient Rome
Narcissus and his pond (Third Style Roman painting from Pompeii, about 79 AD) This is a story we know mainly because Ovid wrote it down in his poem, the Metamorphoses. It's a traditional Greek story - there are illustrations from Greek vase painting about 500 BC. But Ovid's is the best known version. In this story, Narcissus was [...]
