>From: jmp7d@bootp-246-161.bootp.virginia.edu
>Date: 16 Feb 1997 21:10:23 -0500
>To: John Unsworth <jmu2m@virginia.edu>
>Subject: Feedback on this paper topic?
>Reply-To: jmp7d@cobra.cs.virginia.edu
>
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> Galatea (gal uh tay' uh) n. Greek Mythology. An ivory statue
>of a maiden brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to the pleas of its
>sculptor, Pygmalion. From Webster's New World Dictionary.
>
>from: http://www.anat.dote.hu/~szak/Pictures/Boris_Vallejo/Pygmalion.html
>
>"Pygmalion, King of Cyprus, was a talented sculptor. Among the statues he
>carved was one of a beautiful woman that he named Galatea. In time he fell
>wildly in love with Galatea. She made all the flesh-and-blood women he knew
>seem drab in comparison. Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, took
>pity o the lovesick Pygmalion. She turned Galatea into a living woman and
>presided over the marriage of the two."
Thanks, James...
John Unsworth / Director, IATH / Dept. of English
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