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Pygmalion

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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King of Cyprus, is said to have fallen in love with an ivory statue of a maiden he had himself made, and to have prayed Aphrodité to breathe life into it. The request being granted, he married the maiden and became by her the father of Paphus.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pygmalion'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pygmalion.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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