I am hopelessly in love with a man I met on another site, IMDb. We talked about My Fair Lady. I wanted him to be my Professor Higgins and me his Eliza Dolittle. The play is based on a Greek myth, Pygmalion and Galatea. Pygmalion was a sculptor who made his ideal woman out of marble. He fell in love with the woman he created, and Aphrodite was impressed, so made Galatea come to life to love Pygmalion.
Greek mythology on a Christian site. But William Cowper studied Greek mythology, and I defy anyone to question Cowper’s Christianity. My fairy tale did not end so happily, as my Pygmalion found out I was not the beautiful creature I had professed to be, and now I am rudderless without my Pygmalion to steer me.
Romantic twaddle, I am sure.
Beautiful story, and thanks to you and everybody else who contributed.
I have no doubt that Professor Higgins will come
into your life when you're least expecting him to.
Concerning ancient religion, I think we err in dismissing it all as "myth".
The Greeks, Egyptians, et al, weren't stupid and didn't
fabricate their respective religions out of thin air.
They basically worshipped their ancestors, who were in
some cases, the same people we read about in Genesis.
When we read Homer and Hesiod, I believe
we're reading embellished, if not actual, history.