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

In mythology

* Galatea, three different mythological figures from Greek mythology

In the arts

* '' Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'', cantata by Handel * ''Galatea'' (Raphael), or ''The Triumph of Galatea'', a 1512 fresco of Ovid's sea-nymph * '' Gallathea'', a late sixteenth-century play by John Lyly * '' Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed'', 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 ...

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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 * ', 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 ...

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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 ...

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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, a widely-read poem from 1200 * '' Galatea of the Spheres'', 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, 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, a supervillain appearing in '' Justice League Unlimited'' * Galatea, a female robot in the film ''Bicentennial Man'' * Galathea, a cow in the J. R. R. Tolkien 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 ...

'' * Galatea, a character in the mobile game '' Fate/Grand Order'' * 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 ...

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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, a moon of 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'' * ''Galatea'', a taxonomic synonym for the plant genus ''

Galatella ''Galatella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 mil ...

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, a community in the United States * Mount Galatea, in the Canadian Rockies * Galathea National Park, 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 twill fabric * Galatea AB, a Swedish beverage distributor