Narcissus
Narcissus is described as beautiful and is the son of Selene and Endymion according to Nonnus. However, in other accounts including Ovid's Metamorphoses, he is the son of Cephissus and Liriope.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by Nonnus as the son of Selene and Endymion, though other accounts give different parentage.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Eunomia, Dike, Musaeus, Eumolpus, Hyacinth, Cyparissus, Mecon, Zephyrus, Pheme, Echo, Clytie, Helios, Themis, Eirene, Nemea, Horae, Ersa, Pandia, Athena, Adonis, Zeus, Hera, Hades, Amphitrite, Poseidon, Demeter, Persephone, Eros, Hestia, Iris, Flora, Cupid
- student of
- Nemesis
Mentioned by
- Helios
- Themis
- Eirene
- Nemea
- Horae
- Ersa
- Pandia
- Athena
- Adonis
- Zeus
- Hera
- Hades
- Amphitrite
- Poseidon
- Demeter
- Persephone
and 8 more
Sources
Source passages
“Nonnus has Selene and Endymion as the parents of the beautiful Narcissus, although in other accounts, including Ovid's Metamorphoses, Narcissus was the son of Cephissus and Liriope.”
#19020 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Other divinely beloved vegetation gods who died in the flower of their youth and were vegetatively transformed include Narcissus, Cyparissus, Mecon and Adonis.”
#37820 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Narcissus is a mortal boy who admires his reflection in mirrors and in the water, thanks to Nemesis. He loves himself more than any girl. In Echo the Copycat, he doesn't notice Echo, who has a crush on him until the end, when she realizes how self-absorbed he was. Narcissus has a crush on his own reflection.”
#43280 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the centre of the group are Narcissus and Echo; the former is bending over a vase of water, sighing with love of his own image;”
#45001 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free