Characters in Echo and Narcissus
Meet the Cast
Narcissus
Recap: Narcissus is HOT. Brad Pitt hot. Justin Bieber Hot. You know what, just picture the hottest person you can think of: that's Narcissus. He gets it from his parents. His mother was a naiad (wa...
Echo
Recap: Echo is a supper chatty Oread (mountain nymph). We're not entirely sure who her parents are, but we do know a few other key facts: (1) she lost her voice to Hera. (Really, what do you expect...
Nemesis
Nemesis is only mentioned in one measly line of the Echo and Narcissus myth, so she isn't really a character in the traditional sense. But still, she's responsible for Narcissus' death, so we'll gi...
Liriope
Liriope is Narcissus' mother. Her only part the entire story is to ask Tiresias if her son will live a long life. She doesn't appear in any other myths that we know of either. She is one of those m...
Tiresias
Recap: Tiresias prophesizes that Narcissus will live to old age, "as long as he never knows himself." And… that's it.While Tiresias just plays a bit part in the Echo and Narcissus story, he is a...