Pygmalion (mythology) was a son, and they also had a daughter, Metharme. Ovid's mention of Paphos suggests that he was drawing on a more circumstantial account than the source for a passing mention of Pygmalion in Pseudo-Apollodorus' "Bibliotheke", a Hellenic mythography of the 2nd-century AD. Perhaps he drew on the lost narrative by Philostephanus that was paraphrased by Clement of Alexandria. "Pygmalion" is the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name "Pumayyaton", and figures in the legend of Paphos in Cyprus. The story of the breath of life in a statue has parallels in the examples of Daedalus, who used quicksilver to
Pygmalion (play) a line so famous that it is now retained in nearly all productions of the play, including the 1938 film version of "Pygmalion" as well as in the stage and film versions of "My Fair Lady". The co-director of the 1938 film, [[Anthony Asquith]], had seen Mrs. Campbell in the 1920 revival of" Pygmalion" and noticed that she spoke the line, "It's my belief "as how" they done the old woman in." He knew "as how" was not in Shaw's text, but he felt it added color and rhythm to Eliza's speech, and liked to think that Mrs. Campbell had