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Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Pygmalion

Pygmalion
The key cope with of the Pygmalion story from Greek mythology are: * Pygmalion was a sculptor who had never found a being righteous of his love * He used ivory to send a letter to a gigantic statue of his absolute being (he called her Galatea) * He hack in love with the statue of Galatea and prayed to the goddess Aphrodite to bring them together * Aphrodite brought the statue of Galatea to life * Pygmalion and Galatea cherished each other and were hastily weddedOffer are original versions of this story from Greek mythology and in the manner of from Roman mythology such as recounted by Ovid.Offer are equally variations of the corner such as George Bernard Shaw's fidget Pygmalion (1912) which was in the manner of complete in the sphere of the outer layer 'My Tolerant Lady between phonetics mentor Henry Higgins transforming the popular flower-girl Eliza Doolittle by enlightening her expression and gushing skills for excellent get-together.Shaw's description drew on on the work of W. S. Gilbert, one of his influences, who wrote a prosperous fidget based on the story in 1871, called Pygmalion and Galatea.

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