Hero

Narcissus

Νάρκισσος

Overview

Beautiful youth who falls in love with his own reflection.

Heroic Age

Pool, narcissus flower

No children recorded.

Beyond Antiquity

Narcissus still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.

Today: A term describing excessive self-focus or self-admiration.

Derived from Narcissus, who became fascinated by his own reflection.

Today: A psychological term relating to excessive self-focus and self-importance.

The terminology draws on Narcissus, whose fascination with his own reflection became one of mythology's best-known images of self-absorption.