The Nymph Echo

"The nymph Echo offended the goddess Hera by keeping her talking, thus preventing her from spying on an amour of her husband, Zeus; in punishment, she was deprived of speech, except for the power to repeat the last words of another".

Mythological Scene; Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Niccolò de Lutero) (Italian (Ferrarese), about 1490 - 1542); Italy; about 1524; Oil on canvas; 163.8 x 145.4 cm (64 1/2 x 57 1/4 in.) — Mythological Scene; Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Niccolò de Lutero) (Italian (Ferrarese), about 1490 - 1542); Italy; about 1524; Oil on canvas; 163.8 x 145.4 cm