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Narcissus [r]: In Greek mythology, a beautiful youth who fell in love with his own reflection, and pined away. The origin of the word narcissism, a destructive non-productive form of self-love.

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	~~From~~ [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]], ~~he was~~ a [[beauty\|beautiful]] [[youth]] who fell in [[romantic love\|love]] with his own [[mirror\|reflection]], and he pined away. ~~It is the~~ origin of the ~~term~~ [[narcissism]], ~~meaning~~ a destructive non-productive form of ''self-love''. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship\|scholar]], authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].		In [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]], a [[beauty\|beautiful]] [[youth]] who fell in [[romantic love\|love]] with his own [[mirror\|reflection]], and pined away. The origin of the word ''[[narcissism]]'', a destructive non-productive form of ''self-love''.