In Greek mythology who pined away from unrequited love for Narcissus until only her voice was left?
"recording of ""Echo"", which took nine months to produce. It contains ballads, racier tracks and dancefloor anthems. Lewis titled the album ""Echo"" ""since an echo describes a big, organic sound,"" and it appealed to her love of fantasy as Echo was a nymph who, in Greek mythology, ""pined away till only her voice remained."" In August 2009 Lewis told her official website: ""I'm in the midst of the recording process, working with incredible songwriters and producers, and my music has really evolved. It's so exciting to create something new."" She also said, ""I'm actually more confident with this album than"
"her. Echo was torn to pieces and spread all over earth. The goddess of the earth, Gaia, received the pieces of Echo, whose voice remains repeating the last words of others. In some versions, Echo and Pan had two children: Iambe and Iynx. In other versions, Pan had fallen in love with Echo, but she scorned the love of any man but was enraptured by Narcissus. As Echo was cursed by Hera to only be able to repeat words that had been said by someone else, she could not speak for herself. She followed Narcissus to a pool, where he"
"Salmacis In Greek mythology, Salmacis () was an atypical naiad who rejected the ways of the virginal Greek goddess Artemis in favour of vanity and idleness. Her attempted rape of Hermaphroditus places her as the only nymph rapist in the Greek mythological canon (though see also Dercetis). In Ovid's Metamorphoses, she becomes one with Hermaphroditus, and Hermaphroditus curses the fountain to have the same effect on others. Salmacis fountain is located near the ancient Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, and it is now a tourist attraction located in present-day Bodrum, Turkey. The waters of Salmacis fountain were said to have relaxing properties."
"it will be repeated everywhere. ""So I unto my selfe alone will sing, The woods shall to me answer and my Eccho ring."" Echo was a nymph who would attempt to protect Zeus when Hera would try to catch him having affairs. Echo would try to distract Hera with chatter. When Hera caught Zeus in the act, she made it so Echo could only repeat the last words she said. Echo was never able to tell Narcissus that she was in love with him, and had to watch from the side lines as he fell in love with someone else."
"as well as the water nymph Salmacis. The inscription was written sometime during the Hellenistic period. Francis Beaumont, a poet and playwright, wrote a poem ""Salmacis and Hermaphroditus"" based on Ovid's work. The poem was published anonymously in London in 1602. Salmacis In Greek mythology, Salmacis () was an atypical naiad who rejected the ways of the virginal Greek goddess Artemis in favour of vanity and idleness. Her attempted rape of Hermaphroditus places her as the only nymph rapist in the Greek mythological canon (though see also Dercetis). In Ovid's Metamorphoses, she becomes one with Hermaphroditus, and Hermaphroditus curses the"
"she stepped on a snake that bit her, killing her. To reclaim her, Orpheus entered the Underworld, where the music from his lyre charmed Hades. Hades relented and let Orpheus bring Eurydice back, on the condition that he never once look back until outside. Unfortunately, near the very end, Orpheus faltered and looked back, causing Eurydice to be left in the Underworld forever. Orpheus spent the rest of his life strumming his lyre while wandering aimlessly through the land, rejecting all marriage offers from women. There are two competing myths relating to the death of Orpheus. According to Eratosthenes, Orpheus"
"maiden Arsinoe, and her lover Arceophon. Anaxarete In Greek mythology, Anaxarete (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξαρέτη ""excellent princess"") was a Greek maiden who refused the advances of a shepherd named Iphis. Anaxarete's advances were described in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"" in the following paragraph: Anaxarete spurned him and mocked his feelings until he cried in despair and hanged himself on her doorstep. Anaxarete was still unmoved. When she mocked his funeral, calling it pitiful, Aphrodite turned her into a stone statue. According to Ovid, the statue was preserved at Salamis in Cyprus, in the temple of Venus Prospiciens. A similar tale is told by"
"mountaintop and sang a hymn invoking ""Nephele"", ""cloud"". Procris became convinced that he was serenading a lover. She climbed to where he was to spy on him. Cephalus, hearing a stirring in the brush and thinking the noise came from an animal, threw the never-erring javelin in the direction of the sound – and Procris was impaled. As she lay dying in his arms, she told him ""On our wedding vows, please never marry Eos"". Cephalus was distraught at the death of his beloved Procris, and went into exile in Thebes. The primary literary source for the story is the"
"and goes to the house of Envy and orders the goddess to poison Aglauros. Aglauros, who begins to waste away with jealousy, blocks the passage to Herse's room and refuses to move. Hermes, angry at Aglauros for breaking her promise, changes her into a black marble statue. Herse of Athens Herse (Ancient Greek:Ἕρση means ""dew"") was a figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Cecrops, sister to Aglauros and Pandrosos. Cephalus is the son of Hermes and Herse who suffers a tragic ending to his happy marriage with Procris. According to the ""Bibliotheca"", when Hephaestus unsuccessfully attempted to rape Athena, she"
"tongue, nose and fingers and drove her out of their house. Having lost every hope, Arceophon committed suicide. The fellow citizens grieved at his death and buried him with honors. When Arsinoe leaned out of the window to take a look at the funeral ceremony, Aphrodite turned her into stone. The story of Arceophon and Arsinoe is comparable to that of Iphis and Anaxarete. Arceophon In Greek mythology, Arceophon was a wealthy man of Salamis in Cyprus, son of Minnyrides, a Phoenician. Arceophon fell in love with Arsinoe, daughter of King Nicocreon of Salamis (a descendant of Teucer), and wooed"
"Anaxarete In Greek mythology, Anaxarete (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξαρέτη ""excellent princess"") was a Greek maiden who refused the advances of a shepherd named Iphis. Anaxarete's advances were described in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"" in the following paragraph: Anaxarete spurned him and mocked his feelings until he cried in despair and hanged himself on her doorstep. Anaxarete was still unmoved. When she mocked his funeral, calling it pitiful, Aphrodite turned her into a stone statue. According to Ovid, the statue was preserved at Salamis in Cyprus, in the temple of Venus Prospiciens. A similar tale is told by Antoninus Liberalis, although he names the"
"Ameinias (mythology) In Greek mythology, Ameinias was a young man who fell in love with the beautiful Beotian hunter Narcissus, who had already spurned his male suitors, according to the version of Narcissus's myth by Conon (""Narrations,"" 24). Narcissus also spurned him and gave him a sword. Ameinias committed suicide at Narcissus's doorstep after being rejected by Narcissus. He had prayed to Nemesis to give Narcissus a lesson for all the pain he provoked. Narcissus walked by a pool of water and decided to drink some. He saw his reflection, became entranced by it, and killed himself because he could"
"of the great pit beneath the earth.] Although a respected goddess, Nemesis brought much sorrow to mortals such as Echo and Narcissus. Narcissus was a very beautiful and arrogant hunter from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia, who disdained the ones who loved him. Nemesis lured him to a pool where he saw his own reflection in the water and fell in love with it, not realizing it was only an image. He was unable to leave the beauty of his reflection and he eventually died. Nemesis believed that no one should ever have too much goodness in their lives,"
"fell in love with his own reflection and changed into a narcissus flower. Echo wasted away, but her voice could still be heard in caves and other such similar places. Pan also loved a nymph named Pitys, who was turned into a pine tree to escape him. Disturbed in his secluded afternoon naps, Pan's angry shout inspired panic (""panikon deima"") in lonely places. Following the Titans' assault on Olympus, Pan claimed credit for the victory of the gods because he had frightened the attackers. In the Battle of Marathon (490 BCE), it is said that Pan favored the Athenians and"
"naked. His mother, Chariclo, a nymph of Athena, begged Athena to undo her curse, but the goddess could not; instead, she cleaned his ears, giving him the ability to understand birdsong, thus the gift of augury. In a separate episode, Tiresias was drawn into an argument between Hera and her husband Zeus, on the theme of who has more pleasure in sex: the man, as Hera claimed; or, as Zeus claimed, the woman, as Tiresias had experienced both. Tiresias replied, ""Of ten parts a man enjoys one only."" Hera instantly struck him blind for his impiety. Zeus could do nothing"
"Her power was strong enough to immediately subdue the Sentry into helping her find Norman Osborn during ""Dark Reign."" Like many characters with vocal-based abilities, it has been shown that Venus' siren song can be disabled if she is gagged. Venus was ranked eighth in ""Comics Buyer's Guide's"" ""100 Sexiest Women in Comics"" list, although this list does not specify which version of the character was chosen. Aphrodite is a fictional character in the comic book, ""The Incredible Hercules"" published by Marvel Comics. Aphrodite is an Olympian based on the goddess of the same name from Greek Mythology first appearing"
"Parthenope (Siren) Parthenope () was one of the Sirens in Greek mythology. Her name means ""Maiden-voiced"". According to Greek legend, Parthenope was the daughter of the god Achelous and the Muse Terpsichore. She cast herself into the sea and drowned when her songs failed to entice Odysseus. Her body washed ashore at Naples, on the island of Megaride, where the Castel dell'Ovo is now located. When people from the city of Cumae settled there, they named their city Parthenope in her honour. A Roman myth tells a different version of the tale, in which a centaur named Vesuvius was enamored"
"Syrinx In classical Greek mythology, Syrinx (Greek Σύριγξ) was a nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity. Pursued by the amorous god Pan, she ran to a river's edge and asked for assistance from the river nymphs. In answer, she was transformed into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of pan pipes, which were thenceforth known as ""syrinx"". The word ""syringe"" was derived from this word. The story of the syrinx is told in Achilles Tatius' ""Leukippe and"
"voice: she tries to smile, heart-sick. And murmurs, 'Oh, 'tis but some hiding trick; He sees me through the boughs:' and so she rose. And, like a wood-nymph, through the glimmering goes. And for a while delays to call his name, Pretending she should spoil his amorous game; But stops at last, her throat full-pulsed with fears. And calls convulsively with bursting tears; Then calls again; and then in the open air Rushes, and fiercely calls. He is not ""there"". (lines 22–35) </poem> She faints as she realises that Theseus has deserted her in a reversal of the opening: <poem"
"woman like her. And the Athenians caused a bronze lioness without a tongue to be made and set up in the gates of the Acropolis, representing by the spirited courage of the animal Leaena's invincible character, and by its tonguelessness her power of silence in keeping a holy secret. "" The statue was not made by Calamis but by the Athenian sculptor Amphicrates, according to Pliny. Leaena Leaina (, ""lioness"") was a hetaera and the mistress of Aristogeiton the Tyrannicide. In 514 B.C., Harmodius and Aristogeiton were inspired to overthrow the tyranny of Hippias and Hipparchus at Athens. Hipparchus was"
"She attained this longevity when Apollo offered to grant her a wish in exchange for her virginity; she took a handful of sand and asked to live for as many years as the grains of sand she held. Later, after she refused the god's love, he allowed her body to wither away because she failed to ask for eternal youth. Her body grew smaller with age and eventually was kept in a jar (""ampulla""). Eventually only her voice was left (""Metamorphoses"" 14; compare the myth of Tithonus). Virgil may have been influenced by Hebrew texts, according to Tacitus, amongst others."
"almost immediately upon his arrival at Troy. When Arganthone heard of his death, she went in grief to the place where they had become lovers for the first time and wandered about there calling out Rhesus' name until she starved herself to death. Stephanus of Byzantium reports that a mountain in Mysia was named after Arganthone. Arganthone In Greek mythology, Arganthone (Ancient Greek: Ἀργανθώνη) was a huntress from Kios and a lover of Rhesus. The myth of her is recorded by Parthenius of Nicaea and runs as follows. In the course of one of his military campaigns, Rhesus heard of"
"they only participated in part of the journey. In Mysia, Hylas was kidnapped by the nymphs of a local spring. Heracles, heartbroken, searched for a long time but Hylas had fallen in love with the nymphs and never showed up again. In other versions, he simply drowned. Either way, the ""Argo"" set sail without them. Hesiod's ""Theogony"" and Aeschylus' ""Prometheus Unbound"" both tell that Heracles shot and killed the eagle that tortured Prometheus (which was his punishment by Zeus for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to mortals). Heracles freed the Titan from his chains and his torments."
"command of Hippias the tyrant, died under the torture without having said a word."" According to Jerome, Leaina rose to the occasion even further; to preserve her silence, and to frustrate her torturers, she bit her tongue off, and so died: ""Harmodius and Aristogiton killed the tyrant Hipparchus, and the courtesan Leaena their friend, when compelled with torments, lest she betray her companions, she amputated her tongue with her teeth."" Therefore, the brass lioness statue at the entrance to the Acropolis was without a tongue: ""And Leaena also has a splendid reward for her self-control. She was a courtesan belonging"
"flower. An earlier version ascribed to the poet Parthenius of Nicaea, composed around 50 BC, was recently rediscovered among the Oxyrhynchus papyri at Oxford. Unlike Ovid's version, it ended with Narcissus who lost his will to live had committed suicide. A version by Conon, a contemporary of Ovid, also ends in suicide (""Narrations,"" 24). In it, a young man named Ameinias fell in love with Narcissus, who had already spurned his male suitors. Narcissus also spurned him and gave him a sword. Ameinias committed suicide at Narcissus's doorstep. He had prayed to the gods to give Narcissus a lesson for"
"putting their hands over his mouth. Soon they are fighting over the cloak and criticizing the author and the spectators as well. In the play proper, the goddess Diana, also called Cynthia, has ordained a ""solemn revels"" in the valley of Gargaphie in Greece. The gods Cupid and Mercury appear, and they too start to argue. Mercury has awakened Echo, who weeps for Narcissus, and states that a drink from Narcissus's spring causes the drinkers to ""Grow dotingly enamored of themselves."" The courtiers and ladies assembled for the Cynthia's revels all drink from the spring. Asotus, a foolish spendthrift who"
"song. When she tricks Juno into believing that her husband, Jupiter, was in the city, Juno curses Echo by making her able to only finish a sentence not started, and unable to say anything on her own. ""Yet a chatterbox, had no other use of speech than she has now, that she could repeat only the last words out of many."" This is the explanation of the aural effect which was named after her. She falls in love with Narcissus, whom she catches sight of when he is ""chasing frightened deer into his nets."" Eventually, after ""burning with a closer"
"replies that there is no stronger god than love. After Didon's entry, and dances from the Egyptian dancing girls, the slaves, and the Nubian slave girls, Iopas sings his song of the fields, at the queen's request. She then asks Énée for more tales of Troy. Énée reveals that after some persuading, Andromaque eventually married Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, who killed Hector, Andromache's earlier husband. Didon then feels resolved regarding her lingering feelings about her late husband. At one point, Ascagne slips Sichée's ring from Didon's finger. Didon retrieves it, but then forgets about it later. Alone, Didon and"
"the only mortal Gorgon, Medusa, whose gaze turned people to stone. Ovid's account of Medusa's mortality tells that she had once been a woman, vain of her beautiful hair, who was raped by Poseidon in the Temple of Athena. In punishment for the desecration of her temple, Athena had changed Medusa's hair into hideous snakes ""that she may alarm her surprised foes with terror"". Athena instructed Perseus to find the Hesperides, who were entrusted with weapons needed to defeat the Gorgon. Following Athena's guidance, Perseus sought the Graeae, sisters of the Gorgons, to demand the whereabouts of the Hesperides, the"
"only man buried on Themyscira). At first, Aresia is angry and asks why Hippolyta never told her this, to which Hippolyta answers that she thought it was not important (that ""he wasn't important""), which Hippolyta makes clear she regrets. However, this story does not change Aresia's mind: ""The acts of one man cannot redeem the sins of his kind,"" she states. ""They must all pay."" She tries to launch the poison missiles, but Hawkgirl smashes in the missile bay doors with her mace, jamming them and making it impossible to launch the missiles. Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, and Hippolyta escape, leaving"
"set the halls of lazy Somnus (Sleep) [Hypnos] and his untroubled dwelling. The threshold is guarded by shady Quies (Quiet) and dull Oblivio (Forgetfulness) [Lethe] and torpid Ignavia (Sloth) [Aergia] with ever drowsy countenance. Otia (Ease) and Silentia (Silence) with folded wings sit mute in the forecourt. Aergia Aergia (Greek: , ""inactivity"") is a goddess in Greek mythology, a personification of sloth, idleness, indolence and laziness. She is the daughter of Aether and Gaia. She is said to guard the court of Hypnos in the Underworld. Aergia is the transliteration of the Latin Socordia, or Ignavia. She was transliterated to"
"decided to let them both return to the living world as long as Orpheus did not look back. As Orpheus was not certain that Eurydice was following him into the sunlight, he looked back, forgetting the condition, and lost her forever. Thus, he refused to play any music for the villagers, instead, hitting his lyre's strings with a rock over and over. The village's wild women knew that they had to end the awful noise, and so they killed him. The episode stars Art Malik as Orpheus, Gina Bellman as Eurydice, Jesse Birdsall as Aristaeus, Robert Stephens as Hades, Mel"
"and female attributes. But the Olympian gods, fearing Agdistis, cut off the male organ and cast it away. There grew up from it an almond-tree, and when its fruit was ripe, Nana, who was a daughter of the river-god Sangarius, picked an almond and laid it in her bosom. The almond disappeared, and she became pregnant. Nana abandoned the baby (Attis). The infant was tended by a he-goat. As Attis grew, his long-haired beauty was godlike, and Agdistis as Cybele then fell in love with him. But the foster parents of Attis sent him to Pessinos, where he was to"