Pygmalion has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Can we present your Pygmalion? | |
| 2. | Pygmalion fell in love with the statue he had carved. | |
| 3. | "But soon her brother filled the throne of Tyre, / Pygmalion, swoln with sin." | |
| 4. | "Thus roused, her friends she gathers. All await / her summons, who the tyrant fear or hate. / Some ships at hand, chance-anchored in the bay / they seize and load them with the costly freight, / and far off o'er the deep is borne away / Pygmalion's hoarded pelf. A woman leads the way." |