The Disciple
Oscar Wilde on Narcissus and Relationships
Oscar Wilde offers us a clever retelling of the myth of Narcissus called “The Disciple”:
When Narcissus died the pool of his pleasure changed from a cup of sweet waters into a cup of salt tears, and the Oreads came weeping through the woodland that they might sing to the pool and give it comfort. And when they saw that the pool had changed from a cup of …
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