Chloe, having never heard an echo before, is confused on hearing the fisherman's song repeated in a nearby valley.

Echo spent her days dancing with the Nymphae and singing with the Muses who taught her all manner of musical instruments.

Pan then grew angry with her, envious of her musical virtuosity and covetous of her virginity, which she would yield neither to men nor gods.

Pan drove the men of the fields mad, and, like wild animals, they tore Echo apart and scattered the still singing fragments of her body across the earth.

Daphnis recounts that Pan himself often hears his very own pipes and, giving chase across the mountains, looks in vain for the secret student he can never find.

[14][15] Codex 190 of Photius' Bibliotheca states that Pan's unrequited love for Echo was placed there by Aphrodite, angry at his verdict in a beauty contest.

[2] The Lay of Narcissus, one of many titles by which the work is known, is a Norman-French verse narrative written towards the end of the 12th century.

In the four manuscripts that remain, an unknown author borrows from the Echo and Narcissus of Ovid to create a story better suited to the needs of his time.

In Ovid's account Echo is a beautiful nymph residing with the Muses, and Narcissus is a haughty prince.

Conversely, Narcissus loses the royal status he bore in Ovid's account: in this rendition he is no more than a commoner, a vassal of Dané's father, the King.

While Ovid talks of Narcissus' disdain for both male and female suitors, the Lay only mentions his hatred of women.

Similarly, in the Lay, Narcissus mistakes his reflection for that of a woman, whereas no mention is made of this in Ovid's account.

[22] The Romance of the Rose is a medieval French poem, the first section of which was written by Guillaume de Lorris in around 1230.

[23] Guillaume relays that on hearing Narcissus’ rejection, Echo's grief and anger were so great that she died at once.

Though Echo prayed to Deus, and the tale notes that he answered her prayer, it is Amor who waits for Narcissus by the water.

[23] The tale concludes with an exhortation to all men warning them that, should they scorn their lovers, God will repay the offence.

[24] Guillaume's rendition builds on the themes of courtly love emphasised in the Lay and moves further away from Ovid's initial account.

Unlike in the Lay, however, this moral message is aimed solely at women; this despite the fact that the offending behaviour is perpetrated by Narcissus not Echo.