Love

Ovid was, as far as I can tell, the first to combine the story of Narcissus and Echo into a single tale of obsession, unrequited love, and transformation in a single story. Previously Echo and Narcissus existed in separate myths or stories. Ovid’s story goes something like this:

Echo, a talkative nymph, was cursed by Hera to only repeat the words of others. She fell in love with the handsome Narcissus, but he cruelly rejected her, leaving her heartbroken until only her voice remained. Narcissus, punished by the gods for his arrogance, fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Unable to tear himself away, he wasted away and died, and in his place grew a beautiful flower bearing his name.

The final line of the story is:

croceum pro corpore florem inveniunt, 

foliis medium cingentibus albis.

Ovid Metamorphosis Book III, 

lines 509‑510

The Latin translates to:

They came upon a flower, instead of his body, with white petals surrounding a yellow heart.