ID: 901001938 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001938	Record Type: Character/Person

	Narcissus (Greek character)

Note: In Greek mythology, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was distinguished for his beauty. According to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book III, Narcissus’s mother was told by the blind seer Tiresias that he would have a long life, provided he never recognized himself. However, his rejection of the love of the nymph Echo or (in an earlier version) of the young man Ameinias drew upon him the vengeance of the gods. He fell in love with his own reflection in the waters of a spring and pined away (or killed himself); the flower that bears his name sprang up where he died.

Names:

	Narcissus (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Narciso (Greek character) (Italian-P,D,N)
	Narkissos (Greek character) (Greek (transliterated),U,N)
	Narcisse (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Narziss (Greek character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Narcissus (Greek character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Fountain of Narcissus
	..........(Miscellaneous Topics, Miscellaneous Legendary Places, Fountain of Narcissus (legendary fountain)) [901001937]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Narcissus (Greek character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) nb2016002049
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95A(Narcissus)
	Narciso (Greek character)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	Narkissos (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Narcisse (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Narziss (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Narcissus," accessed 5 July 2017