Galatea

 

(gălətē'ə) , in Greek mythology.

1 Sea nymph, daughter of Nereus and Doris. She was loved by the brutish Polyphemus, a Cyclops who wooed her with love songs; but Galatea loved Acis, the handsome son of a river nymph. When Polyphemus discovered them together, he crushed the youth under a huge boulder. In response to his pitiful cries, Galatea turned Acis into a river.

2 See Pygmalion 1.

Galatea, in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Neptune.

Galatea may refer to:

• Galatea (mythology), in Greek mythology both a nymph and the animated statue by Pygmalion.
• "El Galatea" (also known as Glenlee) From 1922 till 1969 it was the Training Tall Ship for the Spanish Navy in El Ferrol (North-western Spain).
• 74 Galatea, an asteroid
• Galatea, a village in the North Island of New Zealand
• Galatea (Justice League Unlimited), an evil clone of the cartoon version of Supergirl
• Galatea (Raphael) or The Triumph of Galatea, a Renaissance fresco by the painter Raphael
• Galatea (computer game), an interactive fiction work by Emily Short
• Galatea (moon), a moon of Neptune
• Galatea (novel), a work of fiction by Philip Pullman
• Galatea 2.2, a novel by Richard Powers
• HMS Galatea, of the British Royal Navy
• Mount Galatea, a peak in the Canadian Rockies
• Galatea (The Bicentennial Man), a female NDR Android
• GTD Galatea, the home carrier in the computer game Descent: FreeSpace
• Galathea National Park, a national park in the Nicobar Islands, India.
• Galathea, a widespread genus of squat lobsters
• Galathea STS, a UK-Australia based software company whose principle product is the ticketing software ENTA
• Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed a musical comedy by Meyer Lutz
• Galatea, the 1886 America's Cup challenger racing yacht
• Galatea (Anime), In "Claymore" anime serie, Galatea is a female character.
• Gallathea, a play by John Lyly.

Galatea may also refer to:

• The common name for plants of the genus Dieffenbachia
• The villain of the anime series Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040
• A character of the anime and manga series Claymore
• One of the Lineages in the role-playing game Promethean: The Created

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