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Pygmalion (name)
Pygmalion
is the
Greek
version
of the
Phoenician
name
Pu'mayyaton
.
Hesychios of Alexandria
transcribed
it as
Pygmaion
.
In
Greek mythology
, Pygmalion was a
sculptor
who
fell
in love
with his
statue
.
Persons
Pygmalion of Tyre
,
King of Tyre
from
831
to
785 BC