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Pygmalion
Pyg·ma·li·on [ pig máylee ən ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Cypriot king who sculpted Galatea: in Greek mythology, a king of Cyprus who fell in love with the goddess Aphrodite and made a statue of her that she brought to life as Galatea
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