Pygmalion (mythology)

Pygmalion is a character from the Roman poet Ovid in the tenth book of his Metamorphoses. Pygmalion is a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has made.

Related Topics:
Ovid - Metamorphoses

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Pygmalion, son of Belus, was a lonely sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory. He prayed to Venus, the goddess of beauty and love, who took pity on him and brought the statue to life. Paphos was the product of the union between Pygmalion and the ivory statue.

Related Topics:
Belus - Ivory - Venus - Paphos

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Later authors give the name of the statue as Galatea or Elise (Goethe), based upon the variants in the story of Dido/Elissa.

Related Topics:
Galatea - Goethe - Dido - Elissa

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The story has been the subject of paintings by Honoré Daumier , Edward Burne-Jones or Thomas Rowlandson.

Related Topics:
Honoré Daumier - Edward Burne-Jones - Thomas Rowlandson

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~