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  2. Pygmalion (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Pygmalion Adoring His Statue by Jean Raoux, 1717. In Greek mythology, Pygmalion (/ p ɪ ɡ ˈ m eɪ l i ən /; Ancient Greek: Πυγμαλίων Pugmalíōn, gen.: Πυγμαλίωνος) was a legendary figure of Cyprus. He is most familiar from Ovid's narrative poem Metamorphoses, in which Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a ...

  3. Galatea (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Falconet's 1763 sculpture Pygmalion and Galatea (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore). Galatea (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə ˈ t iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") [1] is the post-antiquity name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory alabaster by Pygmalion of Cyprus, which then came to life in Greek mythology.

  4. List of extinction events - Wikipedia

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    End-Capitanian extinction event: 260 Ma: Volcanism from the Emeishan Traps, [28] resulting in global cooling and other effects Olson's Extinction: 270 Ma Unknown. [29] [30] [31] Possibly a change in climate, but evidence for this is weak. [32] This event may actually be a slow decline over 20 Ma. [33] Carboniferous: Carboniferous rainforest ...

  5. Pygmalion (play) - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights, including one of Shaw's influences, W. S. Gilbert, who wrote a successful play based on the story called Pygmalion and Galatea that was first presented in 1871.

  6. Pygmalion (Benda) - Wikipedia

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    Pygmalion is a monodrama in one act by composer Georg Benda with a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter. The opera 's first performance was at the Ekhof Theatre [ de ] , the court theatre in Gotha , on 20 September 1779. [ 1 ]

  7. Pygmalion of Tyre - Wikipedia

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    Pygmalion (Ancient Greek: Πυγμαλίων Pugmaliōn; Latin: Pygmalion) was king of Tyre [1] from 831 to 785 BCE and a son of King Mattan I (840–832 BC).. During Pygmalion's reign, Tyre seems to have shifted the heart of its trading empire from the Middle East to the Mediterranean, as can be judged from the building of new colonies including Kition on Cyprus, Sardinia (see Nora Stone ...

  8. Pygmalion effect - Wikipedia

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    The traditional Pygmalion practice entails deception, which may be considered unethical in actual organizational contexts. According to some researchers, it shouldn't be made a default practice in these real-life circumstances. Managers have to be deceived by their boss or staff personnel during the implementation of this manipulation.

  9. Pygmalion and Galatea (Gérôme painting) - Wikipedia

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    Pygmalion and Galatea (French: Pygmalion et Galatée) is an 1890 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. [1] The motif is taken from Ovid 's Metamorphoses and depicts the sculptor Pygmalion kissing his statue Galatea at the moment the goddess Aphrodite brings her to life.