echo and narcissus [one].

throughout the cities of boetoia
tiresias had become a famous man;
those who came to him for advice could not
deny the power, his wit, in prophecy;
the first test of his power to tell truth
came from liriope, a water-lady
whom cephisus raped within a winding brook
and nearly drowned her. then in her due time
the pretty girl gave birth to a sweet child,
a son so charming even as a baby,
that he inspired girls with thoughts of love---
she called the boy narcissus.