Narcissus mythology - The myth's influences

In Greek mythology, Narcissus or Narkissos (Greek Νάρκισσος), was a hero of the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty and his pride. Several versions of his myth have survived: Ovid's, from his Metamorphoses; Pausanias', from his Guide to Greece, (9.31.7); and one found among the Oxyrinchus papyri. Pausanias locates the spring of Narcissus at Donacon 'Reed-bed' in the territory of the Thespians. Pausianias finds it incredible that someone could not distinguish a re ...

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• Narcissus mythology - Ovid's version
• Narcissus mythology - Archaic version
• Narcissus mythology - Narcissism
• Narcissus mythology - The myth's influences
• Narcissus mythology - The narcissus flower
• Narcissus mythology - Further reading & listening

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The parable of Narcissus has been a rich vein for artists to mine for at least two thousand years, beginning with the Roman poet Ovid (book III of Metamorphoses). This was followed in more recent centuries by other poets (Keats), and painters (Caravaggio, Poussin, Turner, Dalí, and Waterhouse). In Stendhal's novel Le Rouge et le Noir (1830), there is a classic narcissist in the character of Mathilde. Says Prince Korasoff t ...

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Narcissus mythology, Narcissus mythology - Ovid's version, Narcissus mythology - Archaic version, Narcissus mythology - Narcissism, Narcissus mythology - The myth's influences, Narcissus mythology - The narcissus flower, Narcissus mythology - Further reading & listening

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This, a more archaic version than the one related by Ovid in his Metamorphoses, is a moral tale in which the proud and unfeeling Narcissus is punished by the gods for having spurned all his male suitors. It is thought to have been meant as a cautionary tale addressed to adolescent boys. Until recently, the only source for this version was a segment in Pausanias (9.31.7), about 150 years after Ovid. However, a very similar account was discovered among the Oxyrinchus papyri in 2004, an accoun ...

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Narcissus mythology, Narcissus mythology - Ovid's version, Narcissus mythology - Archaic version, Narcissus mythology - Narcissism, Narcissus mythology - The myth's influences, Narcissus mythology - The narcissus flower, Narcissus mythology - Further reading & listening

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