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Narcissus

Ancient Greek and Roman mythology

Phraseologism: Narcissus.

Meaning: A common noun for narcissistic, self-satisfied people.

Origin: From ancient Greek mythology. As the Roman poet Ovid narrates in his Metamorphoses, one day Narcissus, a handsome young man, the son of the river god Cephis and the nymph Leiriope, who had never loved anyone else, bent over a stream and, seeing his reflection in it, fell in love with himself. Since Narcissus could not connect with his "beloved", he died of anguish, and his body turned into a flower. The title of one of M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin's satires is "The New Narcissus, or In Love With Himself".

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