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HOW DID THE NARCISSUS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY Mark Architecture 2018 —2020
with a nymph from the Earth! Horrendous it was but only and only
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for a single soul of an innocent nymph whose name was Echo. Echo!
The sound of joy and love, whose vibrations gave life and

hope, would never stand to exist anymore in front of a furious
Hera bursting with anger, detesting the scenery and seeing her

husband of the heavens with a simple creature of the forest.

While Zeus managed to escape, Hera put her punishments into
action at once. Echo’s punishment was to always have the last

word and be the only last voice, be the echo of another one.

Echo was now obliged to repeat the last word of anyone whom-

ever she approaches. After this punishment, Echo returned
to her forest in sorrow. (Hamilton & Tierney, 2017b, p. 91)

As the story of Narcissus builds, the encounter between him and
Echo is on the scene: Narcissus is on a hunt in the forest when

Echo encounters him and starts watching silently from where she
was hidden. She is amazed at the beauty of this magnificent man at

first sight, but poor unlucky Echo is exposed when Narcissus senses

that there lies an eye in the near watching him. Narcissus goes: “Is
anyone here?”. Out of the nature of her earlier punishment, Echo

repeats: “...one here…here…here…”. Narcissus shouts at the hidden
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