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    Narcissus poeticus, the poet's daffodil, poet's narcissus, nargis, pheasant's eye, findern flower or pinkster lily, was one of the first daffodils to...
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    In Greek mythology, Narcissus (/nɑːrˈsɪsəs/; Ancient Greek: Νάρκισσος, romanized: Nárkissos) was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia (alternatively Mimas...
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    Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil...
    255 KB (23,800 words) - 16:38, 9 May 2024
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    Giustiniani. Caravaggio's friend, the poet Giambattista Marino, wrote a description of Narcissus. The story of Narcissus was particularly appealing to artists...
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    bird's-eye primrose. Pheasant's eye is also an alternative name for poet's narcissus. Adonis annua grows to a height of 10 in (25 cm). The flowers are often...
    4 KB (249 words) - 13:19, 11 November 2023
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    her only able to speak the last words spoken to her. So when Echo met Narcissus and fell in love with him, she was unable to tell him how she felt and...
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    flower's significance primarily in Greek mythology. Historically the narcissus has appeared in written and visual arts since antiquity, being found in...
    75 KB (7,309 words) - 15:46, 19 April 2024
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    A. C. The folklore of Narcissus. pp. 19–29. In Hanks (2002) Hanks, Gordon R (2002). Narcissus and Daffodil: The Genus Narcissus. London: Taylor and Francis...
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    This list of Narcissus species shows the accepted species names within the genus Narcissus (/nɑːrˈsɪsəs/), which are predominantly spring perennial plants...
    31 KB (1,417 words) - 01:04, 18 March 2024
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    giving Robinson the opportunity to plant drifts of scilla, cyclamen, and narcissus between the coppiced hazels and chestnuts. On the edges, and in the cleared...
    24 KB (2,932 words) - 12:30, 23 April 2024
  • humansPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Narcissus in culture - uses of narcissus flowers by humans Lime tree in culture - uses of the lime...
    55 KB (505 words) - 08:16, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Roy Campbell (poet)
    battles fought by recognisable caricatures of fashionable American poets, Narcissus ineptly triumphs. Gwynn's irreverent poem cannot have pleased the irreverent...
    98 KB (13,871 words) - 17:47, 19 May 2024
  • concluded each work with a long postscript. In Narcissus this includes, using aliases, references to other poets including Amintas (Thomas Watson), Collyn...
    4 KB (525 words) - 14:26, 13 October 2023
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    The taxonomy of Narcissus is complex, and still not fully resolved. Known to the ancients, the genus name appears in Graeco-Roman literature, although...
    69 KB (5,738 words) - 07:14, 22 February 2024
  • Pamphos (category Ancient Greek poets)
    Greek Literature: pt. 1. The poets [epic and lyric with an appendix on Homer by Prof. Sayce-V. I, pt, II. The dramatic poets-V. 2, pt.1. The prose writers...
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    books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably Black Narcissus in 1947 and The River in 1951. A few of her works were co-written with...
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    term narcissism is derived from Narcissus, a character in Greek mythology best known from the telling in Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses, written in...
    45 KB (5,068 words) - 07:02, 9 May 2024
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    Potentilla grandiflora, bearded bellflower (Campanula barbata), and poets' narcissus (Narcissus poeticus). At higher elevation, there are two plants whose leaves...
    27 KB (2,960 words) - 18:58, 3 September 2023
  • Jones, Alan (3 May 2024). "Charts analysis: Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department goes platinum in second week at summit". Music Week. Retrieved...
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    (1903) Echo, an Oread (mountain nymph) watches Narcissus in this 1903 painting of Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse Nymph with morning glory...
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