Talk:Echo (mythology)

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"According to some sources, Hera caught on to Echo's trick ... "

I wonder which sources. Jay 22:18, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)

fixed in 2005. Jay 💬 02:14, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unrelated Information[edit]

"Ovid's version of the tale states that a boy who had also fallen in love with Narcissus made a prayer to the gods that was answered by the goddess Nemesis - she who ruins the proud, asking that Narcissus suffered from an unrequited lust as he had made others do. She cursed Narcissus into falling in love with his own reflection. He eventually dies of heartbreak and is carried to the Underworld where he is forever tormented by his own reflection in the River Styx."

This, while related to Echo by dealing with an alternate tale of Narcissus, does not directly relate to her and should therefore be removed. - 06:17, 10 June 2006 67.188.89.216 (talk)

I agree, so I removed it. You could have done too. :-) Also, I added references and changed some wording around. - John in Cinci 74.83.23.189 (talk) 19:07, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

Is it Ekho or Echo? "Ekho" is spelled once and "Echo" is spelled more than once, someone should fix it to the right one.--Russianamerican1 (talk) 21:51, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Whether the letter represented in transliteration is kappa or chi, the name Echo remains very similar to the Latin 'ego'. As ego-myth (which both the Narcissus myths undoubtedly are), there is similarity to the "Thousand and one nights" myth of the ego of Scheherazade (the ego) spinning bewitching stories to prevent King Sharyar (the spirit) awaking to perception of truth. With Hera as the diverting ego and Zeus supreme Self. The ego falls in love with the vain (Narcissus), and is represented also as his image in the pool of mind. His bodily reflection or echo, as opposed to his true reality. This correlates with the assertion (s.v. Narcissus, mythology)that the name Narcissus may be derived from Greek narke, 'sleep'. i.e., he is awake to himself only as body/mind.125.239.110.23 (talk) 09:07, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

last paragraph about Pan[edit]

the article just suddenly starts again talking abut a different story with Pan.

it should have a heading like "alternate version from xxx" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.1.34 (talk) 22:16, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative picture[edit]

I can't decide between two potential pictures to illustrate the Daphnis and Chloe section. Preferences? Nyctimene (talk) 01:07, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

By François Gérard
By François Boucher

Repetitive Grammar[edit]

I just did a mild copy-editing pass, and one thing that really stood out is how repetitive the sentence structures and turns of phrases in the article are, almost to the point of distracting from the content. If someone wants to add some variation, I think it would really help the article's readability. 98.23.155.42 (talk) 16:50, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I think you've got a point. As the principal author of this page I can only apologise. Sometimes when you write each section days apart you lose track of the overall flow of the article and your own idiosyncratic way of speaking creeps in. When I get some time I’ll take another look and see if I can’t improve things somewhat. Thanks for the feedback and have a lovely day. Nyctimene (talk) 23:52, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]