Pygmalion was a sculptor from Greek mythology who fell in love with a statue he had carved named Galateia. On Aphrodite's festival day, he made offerings and wished to find a woman like his statue. When he returned home, he found that Galateia had come to life. Aphrodite had granted his wish, and they married and spent their lives in love. Some say they had children together.

1. Pygmalion
The cypriot version of the story

2. Pygmalion is an ancent and
legendary figure of Cyprus and
Greece. He is mostly known
from Ovid’s poem
Metamorphoses, in which
Pygmalion was a sculptor who
fell in love with a statue he had
carved.The name of the statue
was Galateia(sleeping
beauty).His statue was so fair
and realistic that he instantly fell
in love with it

3. Aphrodite's festival day came, and Pygmalion made offerings at the altar of
Aphrodite.He wished to find a woman like his statue.When he returned
home,he kissed the statue and noticed that her lips were warm and her body
was no longer out of stone.Aphrodite had granded his wish.Legend has it that
they got married and spent their whole lifes in love with each other.Some say
they had a boy named Paphos(now the name of the city in modern day Cyprus)
and a girl named Metharme.

4. Images of Pygmalion and Galateia

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