Pygmalion ( ancient Greek Πυγμαλίων ) - in Greek mythology, the sculptor who created the beautiful statue - the girl Galatea - made of ivory and fell in love with his creation [1] [2] .
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Myth
Pygmalion was a sculptor on the island of Cyprus , the son of Bela and Ankhino . He carved an ivory statue and loved it. The sculptor gave her gifts, dressed in expensive clothes, but the statue continued to be a statue, and love was unrequited. During the festival dedicated to Aphrodite, Pygmalion addressed the goddess with a prayer to give him a wife as beautiful as the sculpture he had made. Dare ask to revive the cold statue Pygmalion did not dare. Touched by such love, Aphrodite revived the statue, which became the wife of Pygmalion [3] . This myth may have been introduced into the Neanth literature of Cyzicus [4] . Golden Pygmalion olive was stored in Ghadir [5] .
In one of the options, the wife gave birth to the Pygmalion sons of Paphos , Kinira [6] and the daughter Metharma [7] . According to Ovid , Kinir was the son of Paphos. Also known is the option that Paphos is not a son, but a daughter of Pygmalion.
The name of Pygmalion's wife is not mentioned in ancient sources. Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his essay "Pygmalion", written in 1762, called her Galatea. This name was worn by the Nereid from another famous ancient Greek myth, and it was often found in pastoral works of the 18th century [8] .
See also
- Galatea (Nereid)
- Narcissus (mythology)
- Pygmalionism
- Pygmalion (play)
Notes
- ↑ Myths of the peoples of the world. M., 1991-92. In 2 t. T.2. P.312
- ↑ Lubker F. Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. - M, 2001 .. - T. 3. - p. 179.
- ↑ See Nonn. The acts of Dionysus XXXII 212. Clement. Protreptic 57, 3 (link to Philostefan).
- ↑ Torshilov D.O. Antique Mythography. - SPb, 1999. - p. 84.
- ↑ Philostrat . The Life of Apollonius of Tyana , Book V.
- ↑ Ovid . Metamorphosis X 243-299
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodor. Mythological Library III 14, 3.
- ↑ Meyer Reinhold , "The Naming of Pygmalion's Animated Statue" The Classical Journal 66.4 (1971), pp. 316-319.