• Enkrod@feddit.de
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    5 months ago

    Do you really think “didn’t want to have sex” is the important part in the story of Narcissus?

    • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      Yes, it’s a story about how Greek society was aphobic. Other people felt entitled to his body just because he was attractive. So they asked Nemesis to make him fall in love with his reflection as punishment for being asexual.