Pygmalion
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- Grandson of Agenor, who became enamoured of a statue he had made, and to which, at his earnest petition, Venus gave life, Ov. M. 10, 243 sq.; Arn. 6, 206.—
- II Son of Belus, king of Tyre, and brother of Dido, Verg. A. 1, 347; Just. 18, 4, 3; 11.—Hence,
- B Pygmălĭōnēus, a, um, adj., Pygmalionian, poet. for Phoenician: terra, Sil. 1, 21; also for Carthaginian, id. 6, 532.
- 1. kleinzoon v. Agenor, koning v. Cyprus; was beeldhouwer en werd verliefd op een door hemzelf gemaakt ivoren vrouwenbeeld; Venus wekte het op zijn verzoek tot leven en het werd zijn vrouw (Ov.);
- 2. koning v. Tyrus, broer v. Dido; hij doodde haar echtgenoot Sychaeus uit hebzucht.
(Πυγμαλίων).
1. A king of Cyprus and father of Metharme. (Apollod. 3.14.3.) He is said to have fallen in love with the ivory image of a maiden which he himself had made, and therefore to have prayed to Aphrodite to breathe life into it. When the request was granted, Pygmalion married his beloved, and became by her the father of Paphus. (Ov. Met. 10.243, &c.)
2. A son of Belus and brother of Dido. (Verg. A. 1.347 Ov. Fast. 3.574.) [L.S]
(Πυγμαλίων). (1) A king of Cyprus and father of Metharmé. He is said to have fallen in love with the ivory image of a maiden which he himself had made, and therefore to have prayed to Aphrodité to breathe life into it. When the request was granted, Pygmalion married the maiden, and became by her the father of Paphus (Ovid, Met. x. 243, etc.).
(2) Son of Belus and brother of Dido, who murdered Sichaeus, Dido's husband. For details, see Dido.
- father of Metharme: Apollod. 3.14.3