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Pygmalion and Galatea
11-05-2013 17:15Pygmalion was the king of Cyprus who fell in love with a statue of his own creation. Pigmalion had long been a bachelor because of the dubious morals of the women around him. But, he carved an ivory statue of a woman of such a striking beauty that he soon fell in love with.
Pygmalion got a deep passion over his own creation. He kissed and embraced the statue, gave it gifts and adorned it with fine clothing and jewelry. One day there was the feast of Aphrodite, goddess of love and passion. Pigmalion offered rich sacrifices to the goddess and prayed to be granted a wife like the ivory statue or, in another version prayed for the statue itself to become alive as his wife.
Aphrodite, honored by his rich sacrifices offered to her, she brought the statue to life and the woman has come to be known as Galatea. Pygmalion and Galatea got married and fathered a son, Paphos and a daughter, Metharme.
In another version of the myth, the statue was depicting the goddess Aphrodite herself and she actually mated with Pygmalion. The name of their son, Paphos has been given to a town of Cyprus.
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