PYGMALION

'Pygmalion' is a Greek name. Pygmalion—or ''Pygmaion'' according to Hesychios of Alexandra—is probably a Cypriot form of ''Adonis'', a Levantine vegetation-god.
'Pygmalion' may mean one of the following:

★ Pygmalion of Tyre, a King of Tyre, also a character in Virgil's masterpiece ''The Aeneid''

★ Pygmalion (mythology), the name of a sculptor who created an ivory statue, ''Galatea'', and fell in love with it.

★ ''Pigmalion'' (opera), a 1748 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau

★ ''Pygmalion'' (1762 play), a short play by Jean-Jacques Rousseau with music

★ ''Pygmalion'' (opera), a late 18th century duodrama by Georg Anton Benda

★ ''Pygmalion'' (play), a 1912 play by George Bernard Shaw

★ ''Pygmalion'' (1938 film), a movie based on the play by George Bernard Shaw

★ ''Il Pigmalione'', an 1816 opera by Donizetti

★ ''Pygmalion'' (album), an album by Slowdive

★ Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed a musical comedy composed by Meyer Lutz
In 'psychology', it may refer to:

★ The pygmalion effect, a concept in psychology describing the behavior of individuals as people expect them to behave

★ Pygmalionism (aka statuephilia or agalmatophilia), an erotic attraction to statues or immobility.