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A poor craftsman
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this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2024
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Based off the myth of Pygmalion and Galathea, where Pygmalion (a sculpturer) resents ALL women because of an incident with some prostitutes.
Instead he works on a sculpture that he becomes obsessed with and falls in love with. A goddess notices and brings the statue to life. They (the artist and the now living statue) eventually get married and have a son!
I've heard a couple of different variations on the story.
One, in which the sculptor creates Galathea but she rejects him like all other women before, because he was just a generally unlikable guy.
Another, in which he falls in love with a vision of Hera and seeks to form her likeness. Hera visits to inspect his work, and when she reveals herself, he begs to become stone so he can be with his creation forever. Hera is flattered and chooses to bring the statue to life instead. The first words that Galatea says to her creator/lover is "Now I must remake you in kind".
That second one is the version I heard also
So, what exactly does it mean by remake, here? Is she about to carve a statue of him, or from him?
"I can fix him"
The greek sure did hate women.
I assume you meant "that" instead of "the"...
He meant Greeks. Because they hated women.
(For a certain period of time and for certain definition of Greek which the conceptualization of in the public understanding is fairly nebulous)