Pygmalion or Pigmalion may refer to:

Mythology

Pygmalion (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pygmalion (; Ancient Greek: Πυγμαλίων ''Pugmalíōn'', ''gen''.: Πυγμαλίωνος) was a legendary figure of Cyprus. He is most familiar from Ovid's narrative poem ''Metamorphoses'', in which Pygmalion was a s ...

, a sculptor who fell in love with his statue

Stage

* ''Pygmalion'' (Rameau), a 1745 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau * ''Pygmalion'' (Rousseau), a 1762 melodrama by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Pygmalion'' (Benda), a 1779 duodrama opera by Georg Anton Benda * ''Pygmalion'', an 1808 opera by

Karol Kurpiński Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński (March 6, 1785September 18, 1857) was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was a representative of late classicism and a member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning ( Polish: ''Towarzystwo Warszawsk ...

* '' Pimmalione'', an 1809 opera by Luigi Cherubini * ''

Il Pigmalione ''Il Pigmalione'' (''Pygmalion'') is a ''scena lirica'' (lyric scene or opera) in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. The librettist is unknown, but it is known that the libretto was based on one by Antonio Simeone Sografi for 's ''Pimmalione'' (1790 ...

'', an 1816 opera by Gaetano Donizetti * '' Die schöne Galathée'', an 1865 operetta by Franz von Suppé * '' Pygmalion; or, The Statue Fair'', an 1867 musical burlesque by William Brough * '' Pygmalion, ou La Statue de Chypre'', an 1883 ballet with choreography by Marius Petipa * ''Pygmalion'' (play), a 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw

Film and television

* ''Pygmalion'' (1935 film), a German film based on the George Bernard Shaw play * ''Pygmalion'' (1937 film), a Dutch film based on the George Bernard Shaw play * ''Pygmalion'' (1938 film), a British film starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller * ''Pygmalion'' (1948 TV play), a British television play starring Margaret Lockwood * ''Pygmalion'' (1983 film), a television film starring Peter O'Toole and Margot Kidder

Music

* ''Pygmalion'' (album), an experimental ambient album by Slowdive * Pygmalion (ensemble), French baroque ensemble * "Pygmalion", a song by the darkwave group

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* "Pygmalion", a song from the 2001 album '' Doll Doll Doll'' by Venetian Snares

People

Pygmalion of Tyre Pygmalion (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) was king of Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre from 831 to 785 BCE and a son of King Mattan I (840–832 BC). During Pygmalion's reign, Tyre seems to have shifted the heart of its trading empire from the Middle East to the ...

, a King of Tyre

Other uses

* 96189 Pygmalion, a

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* ''Pygmalion'', a narrative work by

Thomas Woolner Thomas Woolner (17 December 1825 – 7 October 1892) was an English sculptor and poet who was one of the founder-members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was the only sculptor among the original members. After participating in the found ...

(1880s) * Pygmalion, a character in Virgil's ''

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'' (29–19 B.C.) * "Pigmalion" (''Back at the Barnyard'' episode), a 2008 episode of the Nickelodeon animated television series ''

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'' * "Pigmalion", a 2003 episode of Mike Judge’s animated television series ''

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