Echo

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Echo's Influence on modern society :  **The goddess Echo doesn’t seem to be a major influence on our society today, but she is. Echo’s name is used for the name of the 1st successful communications satellite, Echo 1A. The name Echo is also a common newspaper name. There is even a passage in Romeo and Juliet about the myth of Echo. This is amazing because Shakespheres work is looked at by so many people and professors. This also proves that in Shakespheres time people were influenced by Greek mythology. Finally, there is Echo power equipment and Echo digital audio. They chose this name because Echo is a repeating sound an****d power and audio equipment are related to sound.**

**This is a newspaper article logo. They chose this logo because a echo is a** This is a picture of Echo 1a, the first successful communications satelite. This is named Echo because the sound from Earth to Space was repeated. Echo Myth Summary :  [|click here to see full myth] **The goddess Echo is a mountain nymph {Oread}. In her myth Hera was looking for Zeus and she thought Zeus was with the nymphs. Echo distracted Hera until all of the nymphs escaped. ****When Hera found out she was furious, Hera decided that Echo needed to be punished. Since Echo liked having the last word and talking, Hera thought of the perfect punishment. Hera made it so Echo could only repeat the last words of another and was unable to create her own words. Afterwards, Echo fell in love with Narcissus, but she was unable to communicate with him and he rejected her. Heartbroken, Echo left and faded away in the mountains until all that was left was her voice. In this myth you learn why there is an echo in the mountains; it is said that Echo still has to have the last word. **   **Ten interesting facts about Echo:** **1 . Echo is a mountain nymph or oread **
 * word we say because of the Greek goddess Echo, this means the repetition of a sound. This is a good name for a newspaper because they repeat news back to you. This is like how Echo repeats your words.**

**2 . The EK in Echo is stressed ** **3 . Her enemies are Hera and Pan ** **4 . Her Greek name is Ekho ** **5 . Nymphs { Echo } are not immortal ** **6 . Her parents are unknown ** **7 . Her celebration or feast day is unknown ** **8 . Her Roman name is Echo ** ** 9 . Echo is viewed as a musical nymph - she can sing and play instruments ** **10 . She assisted Zeus in one adventure {by keeping Hera busy by talking} ** Echo is known for....... **Echo is known for talking a lot and being chatty. This makes sense because Echo is the goddess of distraction, misdirection and incessant jabbering. She has these titles because one day Echo was accompanying Hera on one of Zeus’s adventures. She had a simple task: to keep Hera busy and distracted from Zeus’s work. When Hera found out, she was outraged and made it so Echo could only repeat the last words of another. Echo lives in Greece; her skills are talking a lot and keeping people busy.** Works Cited “Echo.” //Encyclapedia Mythica//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . “Echo.” //Gale World History in Context - Print//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . “Echo.” //Marvin App//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . “ECHO also known as EKHO.” //God Checker//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . “Echo and Narcissus.” //Mythology Guide//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. . “Echo Greek Godess.” //Wiki Spaces//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . “Echo in Greek Mythology.” //Yahoo education//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . The Echo logo for newspaper. N.d. //digabeat dance//. Web. 8 Apr. 2012. “ENGLISH WORDS FROM GREEK GODS.” //need.org//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. . picture of Echo 1a. N.d. //Silicon.com//. Web. 8 Apr. 2012. sculpture of echo. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Apr. 2012.