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                  <note> According to the Encyclopedia Mythica, this refers to the seven daughters
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Pygmalion Translated by A.S. Kline with Added Notes

Not Exactly Published

This version was discovered on Archive.org and appeared to be a book. Upon further research, it appears as if this translation was originally published on a website and not in a real print form. This version was translated by A.S. Kline in 2004.

Bk X:243-297 Orpheus sings: Pygmalion and the statue

' Pygmalion had seen them, spending their lives in wickedness, and, offended by the failings that nature gave the female heart, he lived as a bachelor, without a wife or partner for his bed. But, with wonderful skill, he carved a figure, brilliantly, out of snow-white ivory, no496 mortal woman, and fell in love with his own creation. The features are those of a real girl, who, you might think, lived, and wished to move, if modesty did not forbid it. Indeed, art hides his art. He marvels: and passion, for this bodily image, consumes his heart. Often, he runs his hands over the work, tempted as to whether it is flesh or ivory, not admitting it to he ivory. he He kisses it and thinks his kisses are returned; and speaks to it; and holds it, and imagines that his fingers press into the limbs, and is afraid lest bruises appear from the pressure. Now he addresses it with compliments, now brings it gifts that please girls, shells and polished pebbles, little birds, and many-coloured flowers, lilies and tinted beads, and the Heliades 's amber tears, that drip from the trees. He dresses the body, also, in clothing; places rings on the fingers; places a long necklace round its neck; pearls hang from the ears, and cinctures round the breasts. All are fitting: but it appears no less lovely, naked.1 In the translation by Josephine Preston in the book titled "Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew", the statue is refered to with female pronouns in this section.SourcePeabody, Josephine Preston. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew. Toronto : Copp, Clark, 1897. Internet Archive, http://archive.org/details/oldgreekfolkstor00peab. He arranges the statue on a bed on which cloths 497 dyed with Tyrian2 This is referring more specifically to Tyrian murex. This was also known as royal or imperial purple. It is a dye that is extracted from a shellfish called the murex. It was originally produced in the city of Tyre which was Phoenician city. There was a great desire for the dye due to its color range and resistance to fading. However, it was difficult to manufacture which made it expensive.SourceCartwright, Mark. “Tyrian Purple.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, 21 July 2016, https://www.ancient.eu/Tyrian_Purple/. murex are spread, and calls it his bedfellow, and rests its neck against soft down, as if it could feel.

The day of Venus 's festival came, celebrated throughout Cyprus , and heifers, their curved horns gilded, fell, to the blow on their snowy neck. The incense was smoking, when Pygmalion, having made his offering, stood by the altar, and said, shyly: "If you can grant all things, you gids, I wish as a bride to have..." and not daring to say "the girl of ivory" he said "one like my ivory girl." Golden Venus, for she herself was present at the festival, knew what the prayer meant, and as a sign of the gods' fondness for him, the flame flared three times, and shook its crown in the air. When he returned, he saught out the image of his girl, and leaning over the couch, kissed her. She felt warm: he pressed his lips to her again, and also touched her breast with his hand. The ivory yielded to his touch, and lost its hardness, altering under his fingers, as the bees' wax of Hymettus softens in the sun, and is moulded, 498 under the thumb, into many forms, made usable by use. The lover is stupified, and joyful, but uncertain, and afraid he is wrong, reaffirms the fulfilment of his wishes, with his hand, again and again.

It was flesh! The pulse throbbed under his thumb. Then the hero, of Paphos , was indeed overfull of words with which to thank Venus, and still pressed his mouth against a mouth that was not merely a likeness. The girl felt the kisses he gave, blushed, and raising her bashful eyes to the light, saw both her lover and the sky. The goddess attended the marriage that she had brought about, and when the moon's horns had nine times met at the full, the woman bore a son, Paphos , from whom the island takes its name.'

Pygmalion

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Pygmalion was a king in Greek mythology. However, in this myth, he is depicted as a sculptor. Source "Pygmalion Greek Mythology." Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pygmalion. Accessed 11 Feb. 2018.

Heliades

According to the Encyclopedia Mythica, this refers to the seven daughters of the sun god, Helios. Source "Heliades." Encyclopedia Mythica, https://pantheon.org/articles/h/heliades.html. Accessed 14 Feb. 2018.

Venus

According to the Encyclopedia Mythica,Venus is the Roman goddess of love. In Greek mythology, she was known as Aphrodite.ccording to the Encyclopedia Mythica,Venus is the Roman goddess of love. In Greek mythology, she was known as Aphrodite. Source "Venus." Encyclopedia Mythica, https://pantheon.org/articles/v/venus.html. Accessed 11 Feb. 2018.

Paphos

This myth deals with the person Paphos; which according to the Encyclopedia Britannica is the daughter of Pygmalion while this translation refers to Paphos as the son of Pygmalion. Paphos also refers to a district in western Cyprus where the cult of Aphrodite was created, as this was where the goddess was said to be born. Source “Paphos.” UNESCO World Heritage Centre, http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/79/. Accessed 14 Feb. 2018. “Pygmalion | Greek Mythology.” Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pygmalion. Accessed 11 Feb. 2018.

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Pygmalion Translated by A.S. Kline with Added Notes

Not Exactly Published

This version was discovered on Archive.org and appeared to be a book. Upon further research, it appears as if this translation was originally published on a website and not in a real print form. This version was translated by A.S. Kline in 2004.

Pygmalion According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Pygmalion was a king in Greek mythology. However, in this myth, he is depicted as a sculptor.Source"Pygmalion Greek Mythology." Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pygmalion. Accessed 11 Feb. 2018. Heliades According to the Encyclopedia Mythica, this refers to the seven daughters of the sun god, Helios.Source"Heliades." Encyclopedia Mythica, https://pantheon.org/articles/h/heliades.html. Accessed 14 Feb. 2018. Venus According to the Encyclopedia Mythica,Venus is the Roman goddess of love. In Greek mythology, she was known as Aphrodite.ccording to the Encyclopedia Mythica,Venus is the Roman goddess of love. In Greek mythology, she was known as Aphrodite.Source"Venus." Encyclopedia Mythica, https://pantheon.org/articles/v/venus.html. Accessed 11 Feb. 2018. This myth deals with the person Paphos; which according to the Encyclopedia Britannica is the daughter of Pygmalion while this translation refers to Paphos as the son of Pygmalion. Paphos also refers to a district in western Cyprus where the cult of Aphrodite was created, as this was where the goddess was said to be born.Source“Paphos.” UNESCO World Heritage Centre, http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/79/. Accessed 14 Feb. 2018.“Pygmalion | Greek Mythology.” Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pygmalion. Accessed 11 Feb. 2018. Cyprus Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located to the east of Greece. In mythology, the island was named for the goddess Aphrodite, called Venus by the Romans, who was born on the island. SourceLoizides, Antonios. “Cyprus.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, https://www.ancient.eu/cyprus/. Accessed 14 Feb. 2018. A mountain, now known as Imittos, in Greece southeast of AthensSource"Heliades." Encyclopedia Mythica, https://pantheon.org/articles/h/heliades.html. Accessed 14 Feb. 2018.
Bk X:243-297 Orpheus sings: Pygmalion and the statue

' Pygmalion had seen them, spending their lives in wickedness, and, offended by the failings that nature gave the female heart, he lived as a bachelor, without a wife or partner for his bed. But, with wonderful skill, he carved a figure, brilliantly, out of snow-white ivory, no496 mortal woman, and fell in love with his own creation. The features are those of a real girl, who, you might think, lived, and wished to move, if modesty did not forbid it. Indeed, art hides his art. He marvels: and passion, for this bodily image, consumes his heart. Often, he runs his hands over the work, tempted as to whether it is flesh or ivory, not admitting it to he ivory. he He kisses it and thinks his kisses are returned; and speaks to it; and holds it, and imagines that his fingers press into the limbs, and is afraid lest bruises appear from the pressure. Now he addresses it with compliments, now brings it gifts that please girls, shells and polished pebbles, little birds, and many-coloured flowers, lilies and tinted beads, and the Heliades 's amber tears, that drip from the trees. He dresses the body, also, in clothing; places rings on the fingers; places a long necklace round its neck; pearls hang from the ears, and cinctures round the breasts. All are fitting: but it appears no less lovely, naked.In the translation by Josephine Preston in the book titled "Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew", the statue is refered to with female pronouns in this section.SourcePeabody, Josephine Preston. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew. Toronto : Copp, Clark, 1897. Internet Archive, http://archive.org/details/oldgreekfolkstor00peab. He arranges the statue on a bed on which cloths 497 dyed with TyrianThis is referring more specifically to Tyrian murex. This was also known as royal or imperial purple. It is a dye that is extracted from a shellfish called the murex. It was originally produced in the city of Tyre which was Phoenician city. There was a great desire for the dye due to its color range and resistance to fading. However, it was difficult to manufacture which made it expensive.SourceCartwright, Mark. “Tyrian Purple.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, 21 July 2016, https://www.ancient.eu/Tyrian_Purple/. murex are spread, and calls it his bedfellow, and rests its neck against soft down, as if it could feel.

The day of Venus 's festival came, celebrated throughout Cyprus , and heifers, their curved horns gilded, fell, to the blow on their snowy neck. The incense was smoking, when Pygmalion, having made his offering, stood by the altar, and said, shyly: "If you can grant all things, you gids, I wish as a bride to have..." and not daring to say "the girl of ivory" he said "one like my ivory girl." Golden Venus, for she herself was present at the festival, knew what the prayer meant, and as a sign of the gods' fondness for him, the flame flared three times, and shook its crown in the air. When he returned, he saught out the image of his girl, and leaning over the couch, kissed her. She felt warm: he pressed his lips to her again, and also touched her breast with his hand. The ivory yielded to his touch, and lost its hardness, altering under his fingers, as the bees' wax of Hymettus softens in the sun, and is moulded, 498 under the thumb, into many forms, made usable by use. The lover is stupified, and joyful, but uncertain, and afraid he is wrong, reaffirms the fulfilment of his wishes, with his hand, again and again.

It was flesh! The pulse throbbed under his thumb. Then the hero, of Paphos , was indeed overfull of words with which to thank Venus, and still pressed his mouth against a mouth that was not merely a likeness. The girl felt the kisses he gave, blushed, and raising her bashful eyes to the light, saw both her lover and the sky. The goddess attended the marriage that she had brought about, and when the moon's horns had nine times met at the full, the woman bore a son, Paphos , from whom the island takes its name.'