Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white". Galatea, Galathea or Gallathea may refer to:

In mythology

Galatea (Greek myth) In Greek mythology, Galatea (; Ancient Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") was the name of the following figures: * Galatea, a Nereid who loved the shepherd Acis. * Galatea, the statue of a woman created by Pygmalion and brought to l ...

, three different mythological figures

In the arts

* ''

Aci, Galatea e Polifemo Aci, Galatea e Polifemo ( HWV 72) is a dramatic cantata—also called a serenata—by George Frideric Handel. It was first performed at Naples on 19 July 1708; the completed score is dated to 16 June 1708. The serenata was commissioned by Duch ...

'', cantata by Handel * ''Galatea'' (Raphael), or ''The Triumph of Galatea'', a 1512 fresco of Ovid's sea-nymph * ''

Gallathea ''Gallathea'' or ''Galatea'' is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy by John Lyly. The first record of the play's performance was at Greenwich Palace on New Year's Day, 1588 where it was performed before Queen Elizabeth I and her court by th ...

'', a late sixteenth-century play by John Lyly * ''

Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed ''Galatea, or Pygmalion Re-Versed'' is a musical burlesque that parodies the Pygmalion legend, and specifically W. S. Gilbert's 1871 play '' Pygmalion and Galatea''. The libretto was written by Henry Pottinger Stephens and W. Webster. The score ...

'', an 1883 musical comedy by Henry Pottinger Stephens, W. Webster and Meyer Lutz * ''Galatea'', a 2009 play by

Lawrence Aronovitch Lawrence Aronovitch (born May 25, 1974) is a Canadian playwright and actor based in Ottawa, Ontario. He is the playwright in residence at the Great Canadian Theatre Company. Aronovitch is a graduate of Harvard University, where he studied the hist ...

* ''

La Galatea ''La Galatea'' () was Miguel de Cervantes’ first book, published in 1585. Under the guise of pastoral characters, it is an examination of love and contains many allusions to contemporary literary figures. It enjoyed a modest success, but was n ...

'', a sixteenth-century pastoral novel by Miguel de Cervantes * ''Galatea'' (novel), a 1953 novel by James M. Cain * ''Galatea'', a 1976 novel by

Philip Pullman Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy ''His Dark Materials'' and ''The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ'', a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, ''The ...

* ', a 1977 ballet film with

Ekaterina Maximova Ekaterina Sergeevna Maximova (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Максимова; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009) was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. Sh ...

and

Māris Liepa Māris Rūdolfs Liepa (27 July 1936, Riga – 26 March 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet Latvian ballet dancer. He graduated from Riga Choreography School where he was taught by Valentin Blinov (Russian: Валентин Блинов). He performed in Mo ...

* ''

Galatea 2.2 ''Galatea 2.2'' is a 1995 pseudo-autobiographical novel by American writer Richard Powers and a contemporary reworking of the Pygmalion myth. The book's narrator shares the same name as Powers, with the book referencing events and books in the a ...

'', a 1995 novel by Richard Powers * ''Galatea'' (video game), released in 2000 * Galatea, a main figure in the ''Pygmalion and the Image'' series of four paintings by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1878) * Galatea, a major character in

Pamphilus de amore ''Pamphilus de amore'' (or, simply, ''Pamphilus'' or ''Pamfilus'') is a 780-line, 12th-century Latin comedic play, probably composed in France, but possibly Spain.Vincente Cristóbal, "Ovid in Medieval Spain", in ''Ovid in the Middle Ages'', ed. ...

, a widely-read poem from 1200 * ''

Galatea of the Spheres ''Galatea of the Spheres'' is a painting by Salvador Dalí made in 1952. It depicts Gala Dalí, Salvador Dalí's wife and muse, as pieced together through a series of spheres arranged in a continuous array. The name Galatea refers to a sea nym ...

'', a 1952 painting by Salvador Dalí

Fictional characters

* Galatea, in the manga ''

Claymore A claymore (; from gd, claidheamh- mòr, "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the Scottish variant of the basket-hilted sword. The former is characterised as having a cross hilt of forward-sl ...

'' by Norihiro Yagi * Galatea Dunkel, in the 1957 novel ''

On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...

'' by Jack Kerouac * Galatea, an android in the 2007 novel ''

Soon I Will Be Invincible ''Soon I Will Be Invincible'' is a novel by Austin Grossman, published by Pantheon Books and released on June 5, 2007. The novel uses two alternating first person narratives—the first told from the point of view of Fatale, a female cyborg recr ...

'' by Austin Grossman * Galatea, a villain in the 1990s Japanese anime series '' Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040'' * Galatea (''Justice League Unlimited''), a supervillain and a clone of Supergirl, first appearing in 2004 * Galatea, a female robot in the film ''Bicentennial Man'', but not in the novella * Galathea, a cow in the novel ''

Farmer Giles of Ham ''Farmer Giles of Ham'' is a comic medieval fable written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937 and published in 1949. The story describes the encounters between Farmer Giles and a wily dragon named Chrysophylax, and how Giles manages to use these to ...

'' by J. R. R. Tolkien * Galatea, a playable servant in the mobile game

Fate Grand Order is a free-to-play Japanese mobile game, developed by Lasengle (formerly Delightworks) using Unity, and published by Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The game is based on Type-Moon's ''Fate/stay night'' franchise, and w ...

In science

74 Galatea Galatea (minor planet designation: 74 Galatea) is a large C-type main-belt asteroid. Its carbonaceous surface is very dark in color with an albedo of just 0.034. Galatea was found by the prolific comet discoverer Ernst Tempel on August 29, 186 ...

, a large main belt asteroid *

Galatea (moon) Galatea , also known as Neptune VI, is the fourth-closest inner moon of Neptune. It is named after Galatea, one of the fifty Nereids of Greek legend, with whom Cyclops Polyphemus was vainly in love. Discovery Galatea was discovered in l ...

, orbiting Neptune * ''

Galathea ''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters. Species ...

'', a genus of squat lobsters * Galatea, common name for plants of the genus ''

Dieffenbachia ''Dieffenbachia'' , commonly known as dumb cane or leopard lily, is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the New World Tropics from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina. Some species are widely cul ...

Places

Galatea, New Zealand Galatea ( mi, Kuhawaea) is a settlement in the Whakatāne District in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The forested hills and mountains of the Ikawhenua Range and in particular Mount Tāwhiuau stand guard on the eas ...

, a village in the North Island *

Galatea, Ohio Galatea is an unincorporated community in Wood County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States ...

, a community in the United States *

Mount Galatea Mount Galatea is the highest peak of the Kananaskis Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. It is located in the upper Spray Lakes Valley of the Kananaskis Country system of provincial parks. The mountain was named ...

, in the Canadian Rockies *

Galathea National Park Galathea National Park is a national park located in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located on the island of Great Nicobar in the Nicobar Islands, which lie in the eastern Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal). The tot ...

, a national park in the Nicobar Islands, India

Ships

* List of ships named ''Galatea''

Other uses

* ''Galatea'' (locomotive), a preserved example of the LMS Jubilee class of steam locomotive *

Galatea II Galatea (also known as Galatea II; 1936–1949) was a French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, broodmare, best known for winning two British Classic Races, Classics in 1939. The filly won three time ...

a Thoroughbred racehorse * Galatea, a type of

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...

twill fabric * Galatea AB, a Swedish beverage distributor

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In the arts

Fictional characters

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Places

Ships

Other uses

See also