1. Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach
into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently
romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand
their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal
themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to
Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one
concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it
apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it
for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all
shiny and new!  …  Most of what you think you know about
the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a story of conceit or
vanity. It isn’t even the story of one person. It is a story of
unrequited love and pain, of the corruption of innocence, of losing
oneself.  Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert
contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda
Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith and Kenny
Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For
Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES
MUSIC  Carly Simon - “You’re so vain” - LIVE on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g  Marianna Sangita
- “Glaros” - LIVE on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIGrYHF7jLA  The Clerks of
Christ Church - “Slow, slow fresh fount” - on SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/track/61kkAfQYSZQIhw46FDLe49  Joan
Sutherland - Gounod FAUST “Jewel Song” - on SPOTIFY 
https://open.spotify.com/track/348lGUh1TA8t0T2Kpe0Qkm  Maria
Callas - Meyerbeer DINORAH “Shadow Song” - on SPOTIFY 
https://open.spotify.com/track/1QhZtlXHBuFUwn4splxosj  Joni
Mitchell - “Both sides now” - on SPOTIFY 
https://open.spotify.com/track/1pjATX7sbd6Y4jMVqIvzHk  Clara
Rockmore - Saint-Saëns “The Swan” - LIVE on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdFSU8sn3mo  Róisín Murphy -
“Narcissus” - OFFICIAL on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88p6AwgZNaw  Ann Blyth &
Lorenzo Lamas - Friml ROSE-MARIE “Indian Love Call” - on SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Fd9Ti1AFjvEyK67Sv8U7Y  FILM
The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134119/  Snow White (1937)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029583/  All About Eve (1950)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/  The Shape of Water
(2017)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580390/  The
Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/  Black Swan (2010)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/  Ingrid Goes West (2017)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5962210/  ARTWORK 
“Narcissus” by Caravaggio
https://www.caravaggio.org/narcissus.jsp  “Metamorphosis of
Narcissus” by Salvador Dalí
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-metamorphosis-of-narcissus-t02343 
“The Nymph Echo” by Max Ernst
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79316  Narcissus Fresco
in Pompeii by Anon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28mythology%29#/media/File:Narcissus_on_a_Pompeian_fresco.jpg 
“Echo and Narcissus” by John William Waterhouse
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/echo-and-narcissus 
“Narcissus” by Follower of Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/follower-of-giovanni-antonio-boltraffio-narcissus 
"Mr. O'Wilde, You are not the first one that has grasped at a
Shadow" by Thomas Nast 
 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820022 
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