Pygmalion

=**Pygmalion **=

** I **n ancient Greece, Pygmalion was a very talented sculptor that loved his work but loathed women. So much so, that he resolved to live a life of not marrying.

Instead, as sculpting was his love, he spent many years molding a woman made of ivory. So stunning was his creation, that it was even said that no living woman could be compared to its utter beauty.

Pygmalion admired his own work so much that he eventually fell in love with it and named it Galatea, meaning, sleeping love. Often times, he would even treat it as if she were alive and give her presents.

However, as she was not alive, the statue could not respond to any of Pygmalion's actions and so he became miserable.

Finally, Pygmalion went to the temple of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, to pray for a wife of beauty, just like the statue he had made in his home.

When Aphrodite heard him, she went to the house of the sculptor to see what all the fuss was about. Aphrodite was pleased when she saw Galatea. She thought that it looked a lot like herself. When the sculptor returned home, Aphrodite did even better. Galatea was waiting for him, alive.

Soon after that, they got married and bore a daughter. But, Pygmalion forgot to thank Aphrodite for bringing Galatea alive. From then on, they brought gifts to Aphrodite's altar as long as they lived. Aphrodite, in return, blessed them with happiness and love in return.

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