What would Pygmalion be in this context?

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 6, 2003, 11:28 am

It's possible you could meet someone today, who will act as a kind of Pygmalion for you.

Yeah, it's from a cheesy horoscope, but I don't remember enough about Pygmalion to understand it in this context.

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » May 6, 2003, 11:30 am

auto mechanic

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 6, 2003, 11:38 am

That's odd, because in Greek Mythology he was a king of Cyprus who carved and then fell in love with a statue of a woman, which Aphrodite brought to life as Galatea.

I am assuming that it does not mean some dude is going to make a sculpture of me and then fall in love with it...causing Aphrodite to make the sculpture of me real...then there would be two of me, and the world would be doomed!

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » May 6, 2003, 11:39 am

my memory failed me so I looked up Pygmalion

Pygmalion slew his brother-in-law, the priest, upon the high altar before all the people; or, again, he murdered him secretly while hunting, and the ghost of the slain man appeared to Elissa to accuse the king. Pygmalion plotted to get the vast wealth of his widowed sister; and she, pretending to believe his assurances of affection, asked him for ships to transport her treasure to his palace. He sent the ships in charge of men ordered to make sure of the treasure; but Elissa deceived them by suddenly throwing from the ships various bags of sand.

interesting horoscope heh

edit: damn Booghaz at first I thought that was the guy who fell for his statue, maybe there were two Pygmalions
I got my quote from History of Ancient Carthage

Post by **Sylvus** » May 6, 2003, 11:44 am

Pygmalion is the myth that such classics as My Fair Lady and She's All That were based on. In the myth, Pygmalion brings a statue that he made to life. In My Fair Lady the "Pygmalion" character transforms the not classy chick into a "lady". Similar happenings for Freddy Prinze, Jr.'s character in She's All That.

Apparently someone's going to transform you into a lady and make you very classy. Grats!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 6, 2003, 11:51 am

EEEEK, no! I am happy with my manhood!

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » May 6, 2003, 12:41 pm

Sylvus wrote:Pygmalion is the myth that such classics as My Fair Lady and She's All That were based on. In the myth, Pygmalion brings a statue that he made to life. In My Fair Lady the "Pygmalion" character transforms the not classy chick into a "lady". Similar happenings for Freddy Prinze, Jr.'s character in She's All That.

Same thing happened in "Mannequin", kinda.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » May 6, 2003, 12:50 pm

Sylvus wrote:
Apparently someone's going to transform you into a lady and make you very classy. Grats!

I would like to unPygmalion a woman for the night.