美食，并且还让他了解他们的秘密。然而乐极生悲。或许是他偷了美酒、或者泄露了宙斯的秘密、或许是他太骄傲以至于献上自己儿子珀罗普斯的肉来检验神的智慧，他招致了宙斯的愤怒，被打入了永远黑暗的地狱中。在那里他被迫站定于一小湖中，水没至下颌，无数甜美的水果悬于头顶和四周。他从不间歇地努力喝水，但水总是从嘴边流走；他试图抓住那些美味的水果，但总是被阵阵来风吹离，使他无法得到。因而他注定要在阴间遭受炙渴和难以忍受的饥饿。“ta
talizi
g”一词即由此而来，意思是在眼前却无法得到的某个东西。2echo：回声；
arcissus：水仙Narcissuswasaha
dsomeyouth．Hislovelyfacea
dgracefulformweretheadmiratio
ofallwholookedupo
him．A
dhek
ewit．Hewasproudthathethought
oo
ebuthimselfwasworthytoseehisyouthfulbeauty．Thusgive
uptosweetthoughtsofself，
arcissusavoidedallcompa
y．Heroamedthewoodedlittlevalleyseveryday，madlyi
lovewithhimself．Whe
hewasdelightfullywa
deri
gthroughthewoodso
eday，awoodfairymaide
，echoby
ame，caughtsightofhim．Shewasexcitedato
ce．joyfullycomi
gdow
towards
arcissus，shestretchedoutherlovi
garms．Toherdismay，however，theyou
gma
roughlybrushedherasidea
dwe
tby
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withoutsomuchasagla
ceather．Thepoorfairymaide
sfacetur
edreda
dquicklywithdrewtoashadyspot，followi
gtheobjectofherlovewithherlo
gi
geyes．Prese
tly
arcissusstoppedtodri
kfromalittlestream．K
eeli
gdow
o
theba
k，hesawalovelyfacei
theclearwater．hisheartgaveabeat．Hesmileda
dwassmiledbackto．Thi
ki
gthatitmustbeamaide
i
lovewithhim，hebe
tdow
tokissher．A
dherlipsalsodrew
earhis．Butassoo
ashetouchedtheclearsurfacethelovelyfacedisappeared．Thea
gryyouthwas
owdesperate．Neverhadhebee
lookeddow
upo
likethatbefore．Daya
d
ight，hestayedatthestreamwithoutdri
ki
ga
deati
g．Beforelo
ghedied，
eversuspecti
gthathismaide
wasjusthisow
imagei
thestream．thegodstookpityo
thefairdeadbodya
dtur
editi
toaflowerbeari
ghis
ame．Thei
toxicatedechosawallthis．Slowlyshebecameweakfordespisedlove，u
tilatlast
othi
gremai
edofherexcepthervoice．回声和那西塞斯那西塞斯是一位英俊的青年，面容可爱，体形优美。他深信，他的容貌会使每个见到他的人羡慕不已。他很骄傲，认为除了自己之外，别人都不配欣赏他那充满青春气息的面庞。因而，他沉溺于甜美的自我欣赏之中，远离所有的人，在苍翠蓊郁的小山谷中终日闲逛，他成了一位自恋狂。一天，那西塞斯在树林中愉快地游荡。一位名叫回声的仙女一看见他就兴奋r