person
Pygmalion
Tyrian king and brother of Dido, who murdered Sychaeus for his wealth and drove Dido into exile.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §7 a brother
Pygmalion, Dido's brother, who slew Sychaeus and still thirsts for her blood.
- The Heroides §7 Pygmalion
Dido's brother; his hoarded 'wealth,' which she carried in flight, she offers to Aeneas as dowry.
- Metamorphoses §10.300 Pygmalion
The Cyprian sculptor who, repelled by women, fell in love with an ivory statue of his own making.