Pygmalion of Tyre Dido, and their immediate relations, as derived from F. M. Cross and Wm. H. Barnes: Pygmalion of Tyre Pygmalion (also known as Pu'mayyaton) was king of Tyre from 831 to 785 BC and a son of King Mattan I (840-832 BC). During Pygmalion's reign, Tyre seems to have shifted the heart of its trading empire from the Middle East to the Mediterranean, as can be judged from the building of new colonies including Kition on Cyprus, Sardinia (see Nora Stone discussion below), and, according to tradition, Carthage. For the story surrounding the founding of Carthage, see Dido. A possible reference
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