Digenis was in love with Rigena and asked her to marry him, but she said she would only if he brought her water from distant areas of Cyprus. Though difficult, Digenis succeeded but Rigena didn't keep her promise, angering Digenis who threw a giant rock near her house. Another myth says Digenis lifted a huge rock and threw it into the sea to save Cyprus from invaders.

1. The rock of Digenis
Carolina Papademetriou

2.  The myth is about the relationship of Digenis and
Rigena.
 Digenis was in love with Rigena so he asked her into
marriage. Rigena though, told him that she would
marry him only if he managed to bring her some
water from Tala or Maurokolympos (areas of Cyprus).
 So Digenis brought her the water (something that
was very difficult to accomplish). However Rigena
didn’t keep her promise, a fact that angered Digenis,
so he threw a giant rock which landed just in front of
her house.
According to the myth:

3.  Another myth says:
 Digenis Akritas in order to save Cyprus from Saracen Arabs
he lifted a huge rock and he threw it into the sea against
them.
According to the myth:

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5. Pygmalion
Pygmalion was a sculptor who was very
focused on his work and he wasn’t
interested in women. Aphrodite felt sorry
for him so she appeared in his dream as the
most beautiful woman. When Pygmalion
woke up, he remembered the dream and he
made a sculpture of this woman. He fell in
love with the woman of his sculpture at the
point that he started talking to her and
giving her flowers. On the day of the
festival of Aphrodite he prayed for the
statue to become alive. Aphrodite got
sentimental and she made his wish come
true . When Pygmalion returned to his
house he saw a woman standing instead of
the sculpture. He named her Galatia and he
asked her into marriage. She replied yes and
nine months later their daughter was born.
They called her Paphos.

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8.  http://www.visitpafos.org.cy/Pygmalion_Galatea_gr.a
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