The Pygmalion myth in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and William Schwenk Gilbert's "Pygmalion and Galatea"

Examines the ambivalent nature of Pygmalion myth in Ovid's Metamorphoses and William Schwenk Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea. Argues that myth serves as both reality and an illusion for the protagonists, blurring the lines between mythological worldview.

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