Sculptor who is the protagonist of the myth, who turns away from real women to create an ideal one out of ivory.
Who is Pygmalion?
When Pygmalion returns from the temple and kisses the statue, he notices the ivory is no longer cold, but has this physical quality.
What is warmth?
Hic vir statuam pulchram ex ebore sculpsit.
Quis est Pygmalion?
The statue is made of this material
What is Ivory
Pygmalion feared the statue would do this if he pressed his fingers too hard against its newly soft skin.
What is bruise?
Pygmalion hanc deam amavit et ad aram eius precatus est.
Quis est Venus?
On the feast day of this goddess of love, Pygmalion prays for a bride who resembles his statue.
Who is Venus/Aphrodite
This animal had snow white necks and golden horns.
What are cows?
Statua non erat viva, sed facta est ex hoc candido materie.
Quid est ebur (ivory)?
Before she came to life, Pygmalion gave the statue gifts, including these small, colorful sea objects often found on the shore.
What are Shells?
To signal that she had heard Pygmalion's prayer, Venus caused the flames on her altar to flare up into the air this many times (idk if this is in the translation).
What is three?
Postquam Venus signum dedit, Pygmalion domum redit et statuam hoc modo salutat.
Quid est osculum (a kiss)?
This is the name of the daughter born to Pygmalion and his little statue friend.
Who is Paphos?
This is the specific artistic term for the lifelikeness or truth to life that Pygmalion achieved with his carving.(its kinda like vero or true).
What is Verisimilitude?
In fine fabulae, haec statua mutata est in veram _______.
Quid est feminam (woman) or uxorem (wife)?