Echo (nymph in Greek mythology)
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Echo is a mountain nymph from Greek mythology best known for being cursed to only repeat others’ words and for her unrequited love for the hero Narcissus.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Echo | 0 |
| the nymph Echo | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oread
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ nymph ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ovid's Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Narcissus NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ mountains ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| bodyOutcome | faded away ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Ovid's Metamorphoses
ⓘ
Nymphs in Greek mythology ⓘ Women in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| communicationLimitation |
could not express her own thoughts directly
ⓘ
could not speak first ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| cursedBy | Hera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| curseEffect | could only repeat the last words spoken to her ⓘ |
| emotion |
grief
ⓘ
shame ⓘ |
| fate | wasted away until only her voice remained ⓘ |
| fellInLoveWith | Narcissus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| helped | Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedBy | Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedZeusWith | concealing his affairs from Hera ⓘ |
| influenced |
later European literature
ⓘ
visual arts depicting Echo and Narcissus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
origin of the phenomenon of echoing sound in myth
ⓘ
repeating the words of others ⓘ unrequited love for Narcissus ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterReception | Roman literature ⓘ |
| literaryAuthor | Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySource | Metamorphoses, Book 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loveType | unrequited love ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | echo ⓘ |
| priorAbility |
distracted Hera with long stories
ⓘ
talked incessantly ⓘ |
| punishedFor | aiding Zeus in deceiving Hera ⓘ |
| realm | natural landscapes ⓘ |
| rejectedBy | Narcissus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | mountains ⓘ |
| symbolism |
loss of self
ⓘ
powerlessness of voice ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| voiceOutcome | remained as a disembodied echo ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the nymph Echo