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in reply to a message by Kris
Of a mythological nymph, at least. She was the namesake of the word, in fact.
Lovely Echo was a mountain nymph, an Oread to be precise. Zeus asked to pester his wife Hera constantly by endlessly talking, so that Hera would be took preoccupied with Echo to bother Zeus while he was philandering. Hera eventually caught onto the ruse, however, and in vengeance cursed Echo so that she was only able to speak by repeating what others said.
Alternately, Echo wasn't cursed by Hera but rather fell in love with the beautiful Narcissus. But he loved only himself, reflected in a pond. Echo, heartbroken, pined away until only her voice remained, to endlessly repeat others' words.
A third story tells how Echo was a great singer and dancer, so great that the god Pan became jealous of her. He therefore ordered his followers to kill her. Echo was accordingly torn to pieces, and her body was scattered all over the Earth. Gaia, the earth goddes, received the pieces of Echo, whose voice remains repeating the last words of others the way sounds echo off of canyons and other such large natural formations. Some say Echo and Pan had a daughter first: Iambe.
Miranda
Lovely Echo was a mountain nymph, an Oread to be precise. Zeus asked to pester his wife Hera constantly by endlessly talking, so that Hera would be took preoccupied with Echo to bother Zeus while he was philandering. Hera eventually caught onto the ruse, however, and in vengeance cursed Echo so that she was only able to speak by repeating what others said.
Alternately, Echo wasn't cursed by Hera but rather fell in love with the beautiful Narcissus. But he loved only himself, reflected in a pond. Echo, heartbroken, pined away until only her voice remained, to endlessly repeat others' words.
A third story tells how Echo was a great singer and dancer, so great that the god Pan became jealous of her. He therefore ordered his followers to kill her. Echo was accordingly torn to pieces, and her body was scattered all over the Earth. Gaia, the earth goddes, received the pieces of Echo, whose voice remains repeating the last words of others the way sounds echo off of canyons and other such large natural formations. Some say Echo and Pan had a daughter first: Iambe.
Miranda
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