Editing Echo (mythology) (section)

===''Daphnis and Chloe''===
[[File:François Boucher's Daphnis and Chloe.jpg|thumb|''Daphnis recounting the tale of Echo to Chloe''. ([[François Boucher]], 1743, [[The Wallace Collection]], [[London]])]]

The tale of ''[[Daphnis and Chloe]]'' is a 2nd-century romance by Greek author [[Longus]]. At one point in the novel, Daphnis and Chloe are staring out at the boats gliding across the sea. Chloe, having never heard an echo before, is confused on hearing the fisherman's song repeated in a nearby valley. Daphnis promises to tell her the story of Echo in exchange for ten more kisses.<ref name="Longus">[[Longus]], Translated by Ronald McCail (2009). ''[[Daphnis and Chloe]]''. Oxford University Press. Page 56, [3.22]. {{ISBN|0199554951}}</ref>

Daphnis’ rendition differs radically from Ovid's account. According to Daphnis, Echo was raised among the Nymphæ because her mother was a nymph. Her father, however, was merely a man and hence Echo was not herself a nymph but mortal. Echo spent her days dancing with the Nymphae and singing with the [[Muses]] who taught her all manner of musical instruments. [[Pan (god)|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.<ref name="Longus"/>

Showing favour to the Nymphae, [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] hid the shreds of Echo within herself providing shelter for her music and at the Muses’ command, Echo's body will still sing, imitating with perfect likeness the sound of any earthly thing. 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.<ref name="Longus"/>