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S1E4 - Echo and Narcissus

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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Narcissus and the Woodnymph

In Greek mythology, Tyreseus was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes. He told his parents that their son would grow old only if he didn't get to know himself. So Lyriope and Kefissus sent their son to live in the forest as a hunter. But they were very wrong. One day Narcissus was seen by a shy and quiet woodnymph. And much to her surprise, she took one look at him and immediately fell deeply in love.

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