Echo was a forest nymph. He really liked to chat and talk. One day, Echo distracted Hera a lot and Zeus took the opportunity to sleep with other women. Hera was very angry with Zeus and punished Echo by forbidding him to speak; she could only repeat the end of the sentences she heard. Echo was ashamed and locked herself in a cave.
In the same forest lived a very handsome boy. When I was little, a fortune teller said I would die if I saw you in a mirror; therefore he never knew of his own beauty. One day while walking, he came to the cave where Echo had been hiding. She saw him and fell in love with him at first sight, but she didn't dare to talk to him.
Narcissus got used to that route where he always walked. One day when Eco saw him, he started chasing him until Narcís noticed. Very angry he asked her what she was doing chasing him and she couldn't speak well. Echo asked the animals for help, who told Narcissus everything: that she loved him and that she was completely in love with him.
Narcissus laughed at her, and Echo went straight to her cave from which she never came out. They say she was so sad that she turned to stone. A Greek goddess punished Narcissus by making him very thirsty and go to a lake. When he saw his image reflected in the water, he wanted to hug her and fell into the water, where he drowned.
Explained by A. Matinyan
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