Pygmalion

**Residence** | Xerda

 **Family** | Galatea (wife)

**Pygmalion** was the victim in Captured Beauty (Case #11 of Graecita).

## Profile

Pygmalion was a sculptor who had grey hair, black eyes and olive skin. At the time of his death, he wore an open white shirt under a purple vest and a headscarf made of different color fabrics. He is also seen holding a wooden stake to carve with.

## Murder details

While the huntresses were gathering around Artemis to wake her up, Rozetta decided to take Mia to Queen Johanna who is really excited to see her again and the two girls started marching toward a place which Mia soon realized was the military camp the **New Olympians** had built in Xerda. Mia was surprised and impressed by the renovations done to the place, glad to see the marble statues belonging to the **New Olympian** members were replaced by ivory statues of her, Rozetta, Otto and most of all, her dear friend Hamilton Laurent. Rozetta noticed that her friend liked the statues and told her that they were made by a talented sculptor called **Pygmalion** who some of their warriors found in Cyprus with his family and realizing that they came from an Ancient time period and didn’t fit in, they took them in the city. Mia asked if he had done any statues of Johanna, as she was surprised not to find any, Rozetta revealed that he did and made one of Xenia to to recreate their battle and decided to show Mia but they found that something had pushed the statue of Johanna over. When the duo got close they found that a man was crushed by the statue and killed. Soon, the duo learned that the victim is none other than Pygmalion himself through Johanna.

## Killer and motives

Rozetta and Mia collected enough evidence to arrest Galatea for the murder. Galatea acted horrified when accused of killing her husband, asking them why would she murder the love of her life, but after facing evidence, Galatea broke down to tears and admitted that she killed her husband to remain human. Rozetta was confused on what Galatea was talking about and so Galatea told her that she isn’t a real person but merely what her husband considers the ideal woman, at least until she aged. Galatea revealed Pygmalion viewed women as “flawed” creatures and so he invested most of his time and effort to create a statue of what he imagines to be his dream women and he paid offerings to Aphrodite to bring the statue to life with a kiss and that statue is none other than Galatea herself. Galatea explained that Pygmalion quickly fill in love with her for her beauty, but the older she got, Pygmalion started losing interest in her and by the time she turned 50, any love he had for her was gone and he could no longer look at her. The only thing that got them close was their daughter, Paphos but when she died out natural causes, he distanced herself from Galatea and didn’t even come by her side when she died herself. When the whole family was resurrected, Galatea was happy, seeing it as a second chance to rekindle her and her husband’s relationship but when they came to Xerda, all hopes were lost. Galatea noticed how Pygmalion was checking out Scholastica and when she saw her, she understood why: She looked exactly like her when she was young. Galatea was mad, but she didn’t confront her husband, until he saw her sculpting Scholastica. Pygmalion claimed that he was making a statue of her young self as a gift, but Galatea knew better, she figured out that the statue isn’t a gift but her replacement and that once he is not dome with it, he’ll have Aphrodite bring her to life and Galatea will turn back to ivory. Galatea loved her husband, but she valued life more and wasn’t going to let her husband take it away from her, so when he was busy finishing the details of the statue he was making of Johanna, she pushed it right at him as he turned his back and crushed him. Rozetta and Mia understood Galatea’s frustrations but regardless, they took her to Johanna. Johanna pitied Galatea but she knew that pardoning her would set a bad image on the city, but instead of having her locked up for the murder, Johanna decided to instead banish her from the city.

## Case appearances

* Captured Beauty (Case #11 of Graecita).

## Trivia

* Pygmalion is a real figure from Greek mythology.

* Pygmalion was modeled after late Cypriot actor, Sotiris Moustakas.

## Gallery

Galatea, Pygmalion’s wife and killer.Paphos, Pygmalion’s daughter.