- Pygmalion
Pygmalion is a Greek name. Pygmalion—or "Pygmaion" according to
Hesychios of Alexandra —is probably a Cypriot form of "Adonis", a Levantine vegetation-god.It may refer to:
*Pygmalion (mythology) , in ancient Greek mythology, a sculptor who fell in love with his statue
*Pygmalion of Tyre , a King of Tyre
** also a character in Virgil's masterpiece, the "Aeneid "In the arts, the mythical character is depicted or is alluded to in (listed in roughly chronological order) the following:
* "Pigmalion" (opera), a 1748 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau
* "Pygmalion" (1762 play), a short play by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
* "Pygmalion" (opera), a late 18th century duodrama opera byGeorg Anton Benda
* "Il Pigmalione ", an 1816 opera by Gaetano Donizetti
*"Pygmalion and Galatea ", an 1871 play by W. S. Gilbert
* "Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed " a musical comedy composed by Meyer Lutz
* "Pygmalion, ou La Statue de Chypre " ("Pygmalion, or The Cyprus Statue") is an 1883 ballet with choreography byMarius Petipa .
* "Pygmalion" (play), a 1912 play by George Bernard Shaw
* "Pygmalion", a 1938 movie based on the play by George Bernard Shaw
* "My Fair Lady " a 1956 musical and a 1964 movie by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe based on Shaw's play
* "Pygmalion" (album), by SlowdiveIn psychology:
* Thepygmalion effect , a concept in psychology describing the behavior of individuals as people expect them to behave
* Pygmalionism oragalmatophilia , an erotic attraction to statues or immobility
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