The Myth of Echo
There once was a nymph named Echo.  She loved to talk.  Often, when Zeus would come to visit with the nymphs, Echo would distract jealous Juno when she came in search of her wayward husband.  On one of these occasions, Juno grew tired of Echo's deceit.  As punishment, she doomed Echo to never being permitted to speak first to another being.  And even after she had been spoken to, she could never do more than repeat what had been told to her.  

One day in her wanderings, Echo happened across the youth Narcissus.  Narcissus was so beautiful that upon looking at his reflection in a pool, he fell in love with himself, and wasted away the remainder of his life gazing longingly at his own image.  Echo stayed by him for the remainder of his days, eventually wasting away to no more than a faint voice.  Today, if you call into the hills you may still hear her respond.


Up on Mount Olympus, high
Up in the land of the gods,
Dwelt a nymph named Echo who
Always had a reply.

One day Juno sought her spouse
Who had gone astray
Echo stopped her in her search
The husband got away

Sentance passed when Juno knew
That Echo had betrayed her
Curse was that she never speak first,
She must alway speak after.

On this myth our club is based
On this legend it grew.
   
   
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