Pygmalion Greek Son of Belus, a sculptor from Cyprus who despised women but adored the goddess Aphrodite.
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Pygmalion Greek Son of Belus, a sculptor from Cyprus who despised women but adored the goddess Aphrodite. He made an ivory statue of her of such extraordinary beauty that he fell in love with it. As he embraced the statue, Aphrodite answered his prayers and made the statue come to life, giving it the name Galatea (3). This story, from Ovid's Metamorphoses, enhances the legendary power of Aphrodite over all creation. It has been told many times, most famously in the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), the source of the musical My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.
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