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Pygmalion meaning in English

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Pygmalion

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Noun

1. pygmalion

(Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea

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Pygmalion

see synonyms of pygmalion
noun
Greek mythology
a king of Cyprus, who fell in love with the statue of a woman he had sculpted and which his prayers brought to life as Galatea

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Pygmalion

see synonyms of pygmalion
noun
Greek Legend
a king of Cyprus and a sculptor
see also Galatea

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Pygmalion

see synonyms of pygmalion
n.
Greek Mythology
A king of Cyprus who carved and then fell in love with a statue of a woman, which Aphrodite brought to life as Galatea.

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