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Nemesis Forced The Arrogant Narcissus To Stare At Himself Until He Starved
Nemesis is a goddess with wings who represents justice and revenge. Her name means "dealer of proportional fortune," and she gets particularly aggravated by mortals who appear arrogant before the gods. Narcissus, a beautiful young mortal man, was self-obsessed and disdainful. Echo the nymph, cursed by Hera to repeat the words of others, fell in love with Narcissus, but he rebuffed her advances.

When Nemesis learned of this, she led the arrogant man to a pool where he became enamored with his own face staring back at him. She cursed Narcissus to live the rest of his days looming over the pool, unable to abandon his beloved reflection.

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