2010년 11월 9일 화요일
Reflection 6-Greek Mythology and Morality: Echo and Narcissus
Echo and Narcissus is a Greek myth. Jupiter was the King of Gods and his wife Juno was he Queen of Gods. Jupiter often wandered away with the nymphs and Juno had a jealous nature and started suspecting her husband. One day she followed her husband into the woods where he was going to meet the nymphs but Echo came in her way and started talking, something she always loved to do. She wanted to save her friends (the nymphs). Juno was too late and the nymphs were gone with Jupiter. Juno figured out Echo's trick and cast a spell in which Echo could never speak with her own desire unless repeating the last few words of others. One day Narcissus was wandering in the woods with his friends and lost sight of them and Echo saw him and instantly fell in love with him. She started following him in the woods and responded "here" whenever he asked "is there anyone here?", because she couldn't say anything else. With difficulty she expressed her feelings by actions to Narcissus and he rejected her because he was incapable of developing feelings for anyone. Echo mourned and died thinking about Narcissus. Echo prayed that Narcissus be punished because of his disregard towards Echo's feelings. Narcissus had fallen in love with himself when he looked at himself in the pond and soon Nemesis, the God of revenge turned him into a white flower.
We can learn a lot from this myth. I think the saying 'Treat others the way you want to be treated' comes from this myth considering how Narcissus was rude to Echo and God punished him. Also Echo tried to save her friends and Jupiter by diverting Juno's attention when she lost her voice which she dearly loved and she couldn't speak unless repeating the last words of someone else. I guess this myth has many other morals as well. I guess there are more than one life mysteries that this myth attempts to answer. However, according to me, this myth conveys that you should treat others the way you want them to treat you and mainly that you should be a good human being, otherwise you face obstacles. The term 'echo' which means a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound, and 'narcissus' is the name of a white flower. An important virtue of the Greeks taking this story in consideration, would be to treat others like you want to be treated.
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