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			==Questions for Consideration==
			1. Why carve the lady out of ivory?

			2. Why is Pygmalion feared by the gods?

			3. Why does the ivory lady accept Pygmalion?

			4. How tall do you think the ivory lady was?

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	''Pygmalion'' is a sculptor from Cyprus. ''Pygmalion'' sees the shamefulness and evilness of women from Cyprus and decides to remain a bachelor. ~~In ''Pygmalion'' spare time~~, ~~he starts to create~~ a sculpture of the ideal woman~~. The sculpture is~~ lovelier than any real woman. ~~''Pygmalion’s'' sculpture is made of snow-white ivory and is craved in the shape of a girlish figure.~~ The ivory girl is so alluring that ''Pygmalion'' falls deeply in love ~~with his sculpture. ''Pygmalion'' bestows~~ his ivory girl with trinkets of admiration.		Pygmalion is a sculptor from Cyprus. Pygmalion sees the shamefulness and evilness of women from Cyprus and decides to remain a bachelor. He, therefore, carves a sculpture from ivory of the ideal woman, lovelier than any real woman could be. The ivory girl is so alluring that Pygmalion falls deeply in love, bestowing his ivory girl with trinkets of admiration.

			Pygmalion attends [[Venus]]’ festival to honor the goddess. At the festival, he prays to Venus for a wife like his ivory girl. Venus has compassion for Pygmalion’s love of the sculpture and grants his wish. When Pygmalion returns home, he kisses his beloved sculpture wishing she were alive and notices the sculpture’s ivory is becoming supple like human flesh. At first he thinks this is wishful thinking. As Pygmalion caresses his ivory girl, the sculpture blossoms to life under his probing touch. Pygmalion’s ivory sculpture changes into a flesh-and-blood girl, who he promptly marries and impregnates. They call their child Paphos, which later becomes another name for Cyprus.

	''Pygmalion'' attends Venus’ festival to honor the goddess. At the festival, ''Pygmalion'' prays to Venus for a wife like his ivory girl. Venus has compassion for ''Pygmalion’s'' love of the sculpture and grants his wish. When ''Pygmalion'' returns home, he kisses his beloved sculpture wishing she were alive. ''Pygmalion'' notices the sculpture’s ivory is becoming supple like human flesh. At first ''Pygmalion'' thinks this is wishful thinking. As ''Pygmalion'' caresses his ivory girl, the sculpture blossoms to life under his adoring touch. ''Pygmalion'' ivory sculpture metamorphosis to a girl. ''Pygmalion'' marries the girl. ''Pygmalion'' and his wife have a child called Paphos. Cyprus Island is later known as Paphian isle after Paphos.		==Work Cited==


	Work Cited

	Ovid.'' Pygmalion. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces.'' Ed. Lawall, Sarah and Mack, Maynard. 7th. NY: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1999. 927-928.		Ovid.'' Pygmalion. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces.'' Ed. Lawall, Sarah and Mack, Maynard. 7th. NY: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1999. 927-928.

	Additional Resources		==Additional Resources==

	http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/pygmalion.html		[http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/pygmalion.html Pygmalion]

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Pygmalion

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[[Image:Pygmalion-and-Galatea.jpg]]

''Pygmalion'' is a sculptor from Cyprus. ''Pygmalion'' sees the shamefulness and evilness of women from Cyprus and decides to remain a bachelor. In ''Pygmalion'' spare time, he starts to create a sculpture of the ideal woman. The sculpture is lovelier than any real woman. ''Pygmalion’s'' sculpture is made of snow-white ivory and is craved in the shape of a girlish figure. The ivory girl is so alluring that ''Pygmalion'' falls deeply in love with his sculpture. ''Pygmalion'' bestows his ivory girl with trinkets of admiration.

''Pygmalion'' attends Venus’ festival to honor the goddess. At the festival, ''Pygmalion'' prays to Venus for a wife like his ivory girl. Venus has compassion for ''Pygmalion’s'' love of the sculpture and grants his wish. When ''Pygmalion'' returns home, he kisses his beloved sculpture wishing she were alive. ''Pygmalion'' notices the sculpture’s ivory is becoming supple like human flesh. At first ''Pygmalion'' thinks this is wishful thinking. As ''Pygmalion'' caresses his ivory girl, the sculpture blossoms to life under his adoring touch. ''Pygmalion'' ivory sculpture metamorphosis to a girl. ''Pygmalion'' marries the girl. ''Pygmalion'' and his wife have a child called Paphos. Cyprus Island is later known as Paphian isle after Paphos.

Work Cited

Ovid.'' Pygmalion. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces.'' Ed. Lawall, Sarah and Mack, Maynard. 7th. NY: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1999. 927-928.

Additional Resources

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/pygmalion.html