• glimse@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Narcissus was written about once in the entirety of Greek mythology in a story about. A story about how self-obsession is a curse.

    Lord Byron described a personality trait where one exhibits self-obsession to the point of harm and needed a word for it. He referenced the most famous example of self-obsession.

    That is how many things get their names.