Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology.

 Story source: Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Tony Kline (2000).

Pygmalion: - a bachelor after seeing "evil" in women

- instead of messing around with women he messed around making carving statutes

- in his mind the statute was kind of alive and passionate with him as well

- he became a sugar daddy to a statue (brought the statute MANY gifts

- he dressed the statute up like a Barbie doll

- took her to bed with him, making sure that the statue was comfortable

- at the Venus day festival, he made an offering to Golden Venus to have a bride like the statue he had at home

- SHE WAS ALIVE (thanks to Venus)

- and they lived happily ever after!

Like the Bachelor, but while the girls are arriving at the mansion, Pygmalion only has eyes for the statue in front of them? One of the dates includes the Venus day fest and then he offers to Venus when the girl goes to the restroom that he really just wants the statue. Producers are confused but to make the contestant happy they take the statue with them whichever place they visit.

Image Information: Pygmalion priant Vénus d'animer sa statue by Jean-Baptiste Regnault.