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1. Narcissus, in Greek mythology, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. According to myth, his rejection of the love of the nymph Echo or of the young man Ameinias drew upon him the vengeance of the gods, and he fell in love with his own reflection in the waters of a .

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2. Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology, son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was a very beautiful young man, and many fell in love with him. However, he only showed them disdain and contempt. One day, while he was hunting in the woods, the Oread nymph Echo spotted him and immediately fell for him. When Narcissus sensed that someone was following him, Echo eventually.

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3. Narcissus definition is - a beautiful youth in Greek mythology who pines away for love of his own reflection and is then turned into the narcissus flower.

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4. Narcissus definition, any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona. See more.

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5. Biology. Narcissus, a genus containing daffodils and others; People. Narcissus (mythology), Greek mythological character Narcissus (wrestler) (2nd century), assassin of the Roman emperor Commodus Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (1st century), freedman and secretary to the Roman emperor Claudius; Saint Narcissus (disambiguation), several saints Film. Narcissus, a film by Norman McLaren.

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6. Apr 24,  · The Myth of Narcissus. Narcissistic personality disorder is named for the Greek myth of Narcissus, of which there are several versions. In Ovid’s version, which is .

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7. Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one's idealised self image and attributes. The term originated from Greek mythology, where the young Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water. Narcissism is a concept in psychoanalytic theory, which was popularly introduced in Sigmund Freud's essay On Narcissism ().

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8. Narcissus, freedman who used his position as correspondence secretary (ab epistulis) to the Roman emperor Claudius (ruled 41–54) to become, in effect, a minister of state. Narcissus exercised great influence over Claudius and amassed the enormous personal fortune of million sesterces. In 43 he.

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