Pygmalion (name)

Pygmalion is the Greek version of the Phoenician name Pu'mayyaton. Hesychios of Alexandria transcribed it as Pygmaion.

In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with his statue.

Persons

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