The New Student's Reference Work/Echo (mythology)

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85910The New Student's Reference Work — Echo (mythology)


Echo, in Greek fable, a nymph employed by Zeus to keep the attention of his wife, Hera, by talking to her.  Hera changed her from a nymph into a mere echo.  She next fell in love with Narcissus, and pined away in grief for him, till nothing but her voice was left.