Episode 10: Narcissus & Echo

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Νάρκισσος (Narcissos) in Greek mythology was a very handsome young man. He kept admiring his reflection on the river ignoring the call of the Nymph Ηχω (Echo) who was in love with him. As a result the voice of Ηχω started fading leaving only the last syllables of her words to be heard. The Goddess  Nemesis got angry and turned  Ναρκισσος into a river flower. Since then, the admiration of one's  own self is called NARCISSISM and the phenomenon of a voice fading in open spaces ECHO

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