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The author went as far back as Pygmalion [1913], where Eliza fell in love with a statue that came to life.
by grimgrin 11y ago
The author went as far back as Pygmalion [1913], where Eliza fell in love with a statue that came to life.
- venomsnake 11y agoI thought it was 1913 BC Pygmalion. The play.
- lazyant 11y ago"In Ovid's narrative, Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory. According to Ovid, after seeing the Propoetides he was "not interested in women", but his statue was so fair and realistic that he fell in love with it." Ovid lived over 2,000 years ago.
- gweinberg 11y agoEliza is the statue. Henry Higgens is Pygmaliopn.
- grimgrin 11y agoOK yes well I was wrong in about every way possible. The play is from 1913 AD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(play) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(play) But it is based on a Greek mythological character from over 2,000 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology) Also Eliza is the statue. Thanks for pointing out my errors.