Pygmalion- from a myth to a play

The play Pygmalion is actually illustrated from a myth Ovid’s Metamorphosis. This I knew after doing some research on the play itself. In both the myth and the play, both of the man hated women and decided to create the women of their choice. The sculpture, Pygmalion who wanted his desired women crafted the women that he wanted and fall in love with his statue he made sacrifice to goddess of love, Venus to bring the statue alive. Venus granted his wish. Pygmalion then married his statue, Galatea.
In the play Pygmalion, Professor Higgins also created new women out of Eliza a flower girl who doesn’t know to speak Standard English. The only difference from the myth is that Proffesor Higgins didn’t fall in love with Eliza but she left him. In this case the statute (Eliza) did not stay with her sculpture (Prof. Higgins) but left him.
I never knew that Pygmalion has a parallel with a myth until my lecture asked me to do some research on Ovid’s Metamorphosis. It’s really amazing to see how Shaw relates the myth to his own play. I feel Shaw is really a creative writer. In this way he could educate younger generation on the myth as it’s kinda difficult to understand the myth.
In Shaw’s Pygmalion, it’s kinda improvised version of the myth with a little comedic aspect in it to make the play a more interesting play thus finding it easier to understand the myth by understanding the play itself.