希腊神话The Legend of Narcissus.pptVIP

Narcissus hadnt seen his face until 16.He always go hunting in a forest where many goddesses played,one of the goddesses named Echo fell in love with Narcissus at first sight.Echo was talktive,which was her shortcoming, and usually interruptted others talk. Once Hera discovered that Zeus played with goddesses in that forest,she went to the forest immediately with envy and anger.Echo came to talk with Hera to help goddesses run away.So Hera gave Echo a punishment that whatever people said, she must repeat their words and can never express her own feeling. One day Narcissus losed his way and he raninto Echo.Echo wanted to express her love,but she couldnt say a compelet sentence. Therefore, Narcissus misunder -stood and refused her.Echo was heart-breaking and hid in the forest, repeating others words over and over again. That is the origin of echo（回声） Plenty of goddesses paid court to Narcissus,but he refused all of them.Then goddesses cursed Narcissus that he would fall in love with a person who never love him.The Goddess of fate let their curse achieve.One day,Narcissus went hunting in the forest and went to the lakeside to drink water.Suddenly,he saw a beauty in the lake.She had a pair of bright eyes,red curly hair and her face just like an apple.Once Narcissus want to touch the beauty,she disappeared and arised after a little while.He was so happy to find such a wonderful beauty and lost his mind.In fact,the beauty is his reflection.What a pity! Narcissus sat at the lakeside all the time and saw the beauty frequently without feeling hunger and fatigue.Time went by,he ran out of his life and closed his eyes which were admired by others and himself. The Goddesses felt sorrowful about Narcissuss de