Hera cursed Echo to only repeat others' words, punishing her for distracting Hera while Zeus philandered.
Echo fell in love with Narcissus but could only repeat his words, cursed by Hera. When Narcissus cruelly rejected her, Echo withdrew to mountain caves and wasted away until only her voice remained.
Pan pursued the nymph Echo through the mountains. In Longus's version, Pan drove shepherds mad and they tore Echo apart, scattering her voice across the earth to repeat sounds forever.
In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Echo detained Hera with lengthy conversations to give Zeus time to dismiss the nymphs he was consorting with, directly involving her in Zeus's deceptions.
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