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PYGMALION , in See also:Greek See also:mythology, son of Cilix, and See also:grandson of Agenor, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Cyprus. He See also:fell in love with an See also:ivory statue he had made; See also:Aphrodite granted See also:life to the See also:image, and Pygmalion married the miraculously-See also:born virgin (See also:Ovid, Metam. x. 243). There is no See also:ancient authority for the introduction of the name
Galatea into the See also:story. Pygmalion is also the name given in See also:Virgil (Aeneid, i, 347) to a king of See also:Tyre, who murdered Sychaeus, the See also:husband of his See also:sister See also:Dido.
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