Cyprus UNESCO World Heritage Site dating to approximately 6800 BC. During the late Bronze Age the island experienced two waves of Greek settlement. The first wave consisted of Mycenaean Greek traders who started visiting Cyprus around 1400 BC. A major wave of Greek settlement is believed to have taken place following the Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece from 1100 to 1050 BC, with the island's predominantly Greek character dating from this period. Cyprus occupies an important role in Greek mythology being the birthplace of Aphrodite and Adonis, and home to King Cinyras, Teucer and Pygmalion. Beginning in the 8th century
Pygmalion; or, The Statue Fair recorded by Ovid in Book X of his "Metamorphoses". Unlike the Greek story, which narrative is brief and ambiguous, the living statue has no heart and cannot return the love of Pygmalion, which causes a good amount of drama in the play. Eventually Psyche gives one to her. Pygmalion; or, The Statue Fair Pygmalion; or, The Statue Fair is a play by William Brough that was advertised as a musical burlesque. It was first produced in 1867, and revived in March 1872. Described as having a complex plot that largely involves changing social status through matrimony, the story revolves around