... these two stories by Ovid. In fact, in these tales the men who possess ars do so on an almost superhuman level. Daedalus is able to produce functioning wings, and Pygmalion's sculpture of a woman has a hyperrealistic quality. Yet the outcome of these two stories is starkly different--Daedalus must suffer the loss of his only son, but ... below. In this case, ars was purposefully used to defy divine will, so its effect was the harsh reprimanding of Daedalus. In "Pygmalion," the "heros" does not possess such an awesome ars as the ability to fly. And while Pygmalion's ability to create a s...

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... hated the Propoetides and Crestae. They were races who scorned Venus' divinity. She changed the Propoetides to harlots to shame them. She also transformed the Crestae to bulls. Book 10: Pygmalion Pygmalion saw the evilness of the women of the Propoetides, and he vowed to remain alone. He carved an ivory statue of a woman and fell in love with her. He asked ... Venus to make his statue into flesh, and when the wish was granted, Venus herself blessed the union between Pygmalion and his ivory woman. Their daughter, Paphos, has an island named for her. Book 10: Myrrha Cinyras, Paphos' son, ...

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