
These women’s scandalous way of life was observed by a sculptor, Pygmalion. Sick of the vices with which the female sex has been so richly endowed, he chose for a number of years to remain unmarried, without a partner to share his bed. In the course of time he successfully carved an amazingly skilful statue in ivory, white as snow, an image of perfect feminine beauty – and fell in love with his own creation. This heavenly woman appeared to be real; you’d surely suppose her alive and ready to move…
Orpheus’ Song: Pygmalion, Metamorphosis by Ovid (translated by Henry Raeburn)
The story of Galatea, first attested in Philostephanus’s De Cypro (The Story of Cyprus) but most well-known from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, is deeply tied to the history of the Cult Image. The sculptor Pygmalion crafted the statue of a woman from ivory. He was so taken with his creation that he fell in love with it: he prayed to the gods to make her real. Aphrodite heard, and granted his request. Various misadventures followed, and as is the case in mythology, variants emerged over time – but the central concept of a statue brought to life following the wish of the sculptor remained.
It came to mind with current events.
Very original point of view.
Here are some other thoughts on the person https://eurofree3.wordpress.com/2022/09/16/now-that-shes-not-here/
The monarch only has the power to give his opinion in a weekly private meeting with the prime minister. That opinion foes not have to be followed. The monarch also can make non-political speeches and meet with leaders of other countries. In those meeting the monarch has no power other than giving an opinion which can be ignored. No power except a pulpit from which to give advice that does not have to be taken.