Narcissus (mythology)

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Narcissus or Narkissos (Greek Νάρκισσος), a hero of the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty and his pride.

Michelangelo Merisi detto Il Caravaggio: Narciso (1594-1596). Roma, Galleria nazionale d'arte antica.

Nicolas Poussin, Eco e Narciso (ca. 1629-1630).

François Lemoyne, Narciso al fonte, (1728 circa). Amburgo, Kunsthalle.

Benczúr Gyula (1844-1920): Narcissus (1881), Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest.
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