Then the people carved a great statue of the queen, and placed it in their temple; and they called the statue Isis. […] He made beautiful statues and carvings of all kinds, and he was, besides, a most skillful builder. […] Once there lived on this island a great sculptor, named Pygmalion, who spent his days in carving statues from shapeless blocks of marble. […] He named his statue Galatea, for he felt almost as though it were a real woman. The next morning he was up early and again standing before the statue.