It is not Adonis. Who else could it be? The legend says that the water lilly was his representation on earth.
2006-10-20 13:22:04 · 16 answers · asked by Mimi 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28mythology%29
In Greek mythology, Narcissus or Narkissos (Greek Νάρκισσος), was a hero of the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty and his pride. Several versions of his myth have survived: Ovid's, from his Metamorphoses; Pausanias', from his Guide to Greece, (9.31.7); and one found among the Oxyrhynchus papyri.
Pausanias locates the spring of Narcissus at Donacon 'Reed-bed' in the territory of the Thespians. Pausanias finds it incredible that someone could not distinguish a reflection from a real person, and cites a less known variant in which Narcissus had a twin sister. Both dressed the same and wore the same kind of clothes and hunted together. Narcissus fell in love with her. When she died, Narcissus pined after her and pretended that the reflection he saw in the water was his sister.
As Pausanias also notes, yet another tale is that the narcissus flower was created to entice Demeter's daughter Persephone away from her companions to enable Hades to abduct her.
2006-10-20 13:25:14 · answer #1 · answered by thejokker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Narcissus
2006-10-20 13:24:17 · answer #2 · answered by ♥cinnamonmj♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Narcissus
2006-10-20 13:24:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flower that is his representation is actually a kind of water lily that has his name. His name was Narcissus, although my spelling may be wrong. What the tale says is that he was so in love with himself that he did not realize that a water nymph, who was the daughter of the river's god. When he did not love the nymph back, her father got angry and turned him into a narcissus, which is a flower on the bank of a river whose face points toward its reflection in the water. A person who loves themselves (like a football stereotypical jock) is called a narcissist, and the loving of oneself is narcisism. Hope I helped!
2006-10-20 13:32:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Narcissus
2006-10-20 13:23:56 · answer #5 · answered by Peggy M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Narcissus
2006-10-20 13:24:34 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen F 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Narcissus.... and the flower is called Narcissus. A narcissus that grows next to the water reminds of him, because its flower bends down to the water... as if looking at itself.
2006-10-20 13:31:52 · answer #7 · answered by justmemimi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Narcissus drowned looking at himself. Thus the word Narcissism
2006-10-20 13:25:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Narcissus.
2006-10-20 13:32:56 · answer #9 · answered by rt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Narcissus. See "Ovid's Version" on Wikipedia (link below).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(mythology)
2006-10-20 13:25:59 · answer #10 · answered by Latrice T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋