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LuckyWell [14K]
3 years ago
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What is the cultural significance of Pygmalion and the Statue?

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kodGreya [7K]3 years ago
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The Roman poet Ovid, in his Metamorphoses, Book X, relates that Pygmalion, a sculptor, makes an ivory statue representing his ideal of womanhood and then falls in love with his own creation, which he names Galatea; the goddess Venus brings the statue to life in answer to his prayer.

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