- Greek Mythology. A maiden who was originally a statue carved by Pygmalion and who was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to the sculptor's pleas.
- The satellite of Neptune that is fourth in distance from the planet.
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Gal·a·te·a (găl'ə-tē'ə) ![]() |
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Galatēa (Galateia, ‘milk-white’), Greek sea-nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris. The story of her wooing by the ugly Cyclops Polyphemus was frequently told, by the bucolic poets (Theocritus, Idyll 11; Virgil, Eclogue 9; Ovid, Metamorphoses 13); and by the early eighteenth-century English poet John Gay in his libretto to Handel's Acis and Galatea. Ovid tells how she loved a young shepherd Acis but was discovered by Polyphemus who hurled a rock at him. As it fell Galatea turned Acis into a river which henceforth bore his name. A later story made her bear a son to Polyphemus who became the eponymous ancestor of the Gauls (‘Galatians’; see below).
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Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white", most notably referring to:
Galatea or Galathea may also refer to:
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