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Today's obscure Greek mythology fact:

Echo had a daughter (with Pan) who used her knowledge of magic to take revenge on Hera for her mother's death.

It's the revenge sequel no one talks about...

#mythology #FolktaleMoment
The Homeric (and Orphic? I am not entirely certain which one is quoted in the Daphnis and Chloe retelling) version of Echo is gorier but brutality seems preferable to Ovid's spitefulness.
Mind you my issues with Ovid are so bad I sometimes wonder about reincarnation.
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which version is that?
Roughly: Echo is so musical that the muses teach her several of their arts. Pan is jealous, especially as Echo is not interested in men, women or Pan. He induces mania in some humans and they dismember her. Gaia absorbs the pieces of Echo's body and so sort of keeps her alive but can't fully restore her voice, hence echo.
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