Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white", most notably referring to:
- Galatea (mythology)
-The name "Galatea":Though the name "Galatea" has become so firmly associated with Pygmalion's statue as to seem antique, it originated with a post-classical writer. No extant ancient text mentions her name...
, one of three figures of classical myth:
- Galatea, a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Leucippus, son of Gorgophone and Perieres, was the father of Phoebe and Hilaeira, and also of Arsinoe, mother of Asclepius, by his wife Philodice, daughter of Inachus....
- Galatea, a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea (mythology)
In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Acis was the spirit of the Acis River in Sicily, beloved of the nereid, or sea-nymph, Galatea . Galatea returned the love of Acis, but a jealous suitor, the Sicilian Cyclops Polyphemus, killed him with a boulder. Distraught, Galatea then turned his blood into the river Acis...
- Galatea, name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion (mythology)
Pygmalion is a legendary figure of Cyprus. Though Pygmalion is the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name Pumayyaton, he is most familiar from Ovid's Metamorphoses, X, in which Pygmalion is a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has made.In Ovid's narrative, Pygmalion was a Cypriot...
Galatea or
Galathea may also refer to:
- Galatea (Raphael)
The Triumph of Galatea is a fresco masterpiece completed in 1512 by the Italian painter Raphael for the Villa Farnesina in Rome.The Farnesina was built for the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, one of the richest men of that age. The Farnese family later acquired and renamed the villa, smaller than...
, or The Triumph of Galatea, a 1512 fresco of Ovid's sea-nymph
- Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a painting by Salvador Dalí made in 1952. It depicts Dali's muse, Gala, as pieced together through a series of spheres....
, a 1952 painting by Salvador Dalí
- Galatea, a villain character in the 1990s anime series Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040
- Galatea, a warrior character in the 2000s series Claymore (manga)
is a dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. The series initially premiered in the now defunct Monthly Shōnen Jump in the May 2001 issue. When the magazine was canceled in June 2007, the series was temporarily moved to Weekly Shōnen Jump. When Jump Square was introduced...
- Galatea (Justice League Unlimited)
Galatea is a fictional supervillain in the animated series Justice League Unlimited. She first appeared in the episode "Fearful Symmetry", and is voiced by Nicholle Tom.-Fictional character biography:...
, a supervillain character, an evil clone of Supergirl, first appearing in 2004
- Galatea Syndrome, a fictional disease in the 2008 manga Ningyou Kyuutei Gakudan or Grand Guignol by Kaori Yuki
is a female Japanese manga artist best known for her gothic comics such as Earl Cain, its sequel Godchild, and Angel Sanctuary. Yuki debuted in 1987 with which ran in the manga anthology Bessatsu Hana to Yume published by Hakusensha...
- Galatea, a fictional planet in the 1984 Classic BattleTech
Classic BattleTech is a table-top wargame set in the fictional BattleTech universe that simulates combat between futuristic mechanized forces. Originally published by FASA Corporation, the game is now produced by Catalyst Game Labs under license from WizKids...
wargame
- Galatea, a fictional planet in the 1997 video game Colony Wars
Colony Wars is a trilogy of video games developed and produced by Psygnosis for the Sony PlayStation. The three games in the series are Colony Wars , Colony Wars: Vengeance , and Colony Wars: Red Sun . The style of gameplay is a 3D science fiction space shoot 'em up.-Games:-Prologue:Colony Wars...
- GTD Galatea, a fictional destroyer in the 1998 computer game Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
- Galatea (video game), an interactive fiction work by Emily Short, released in 2000
- Galatea, one of the Lineages for characters in the 2006 role-playing game Promethean: The Created
Promethean: The Created is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the new World of Darkness.The game is inspired by the classic tales of Frankenstein's monster, the Golem and other such simulacra...
- Galatea, a fictional satellite the destruction of which created superhumans in the 1999 role-playing game Aberrant
Aberrant is a role-playing game created by White Wolf Game Studio in 1999, set in 2008 A.D. in a world where super-powered humans started appearing one day in 1998...
- Galatea Film, an Italian film production company, distributor of The Lovemakers (film)
- 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....
, a 16th century pastoral novel by Miguel de Cervantes
- La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea
La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea , or simply the Polifemo, is a literary work written by Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote. The poem, though borrowing heavily from prior literary sources of Greek and Roman Antiquity, attempts to go beyond the established versions of the myth by reconfiguring...
, a 17th century Siglo de Oro poem by Luis de Góngora
- Galatea, a 1953 novel by James M. Cain
James Mallahan Cain was an American author and journalist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labelling, he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the roman noir...
- Galatea, a 1976 novel by Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman CBE is an English writer. He is the best-selling author of His Dark Materials , and a number of other books.- Biography :...
- Galatea 2.2
Galatea 2.2 is a novel by Richard Powers. The novel is pseudo-autobiographical: the narrator is named Richard Powers and there is discussion of the four novels he wrote before Galatea 2.2 along with other references to his real biography. Richard Powers creates a version of himself for the novel...
, a 1995 novel by Richard Powers
- Galatea Dunkel, a character in Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road
On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. It is a largely autobiographical work that was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America. It is often considered a defining work of...
- Galatea, an android character in the 1976 novella The Bicentennial Man
The Bicentennial Man is a novella in the Robot Series by Isaac Asimov. The story formed the basis of the novel The Positronic Man , co-written with Robert Silverberg, and the 1999 film Bicentennial Man, starring Robin Williams....
by Isaac Asimov
- Galatea, an android character in the 2007 novel Soon I Will Be Invincible
Soon I Will Be Invincible is a novel by Austin Grossman. It was published by Pantheon Books in New York on 5 Jun 2007. The paperback edition was published by Vintage Books in June of 2008....
by Austin Grossman
- 74 Galatea
74 Galatea is a large Main belt asteroid. Its surface is very dark in color. Galatea was found by the prolific comet discoverer Ernst Tempel on August 29, 1862 in Marseilles, France. It was his third asteroid discovery. It is named after one of the two Galateas in Greek mythology. A stellar...
, a large main belt asteroid discovered in 1862
- Galatea (moon)
Galatea , also known as Neptune VI, is the fourth closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Galatea, one of the Nereids of Greek legend....
, discovered orbiting Neptune in 1989
- Galathea
Galathea is a genus of squat lobsters....
, a genus of squat lobsters
- Galatea, common name for plants of the genus Dieffenbachia
Dieffenbachia is a genus of tropical plants in the Family Araceae noted for their patterned leaves. Members of this genus are popular as houseplants because of their tolerance for shade...
- Galatea, Greece, a village in Kozani Prefecture, Greece
- Galatea, New Zealand
Galatea is a settlement in the Whakatane 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 Tawhiuau stand guard on the eastern flank of the Galatea Plains or Basin, an area surrounding the village...
, a village in the North Island of New Zealand
- 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...
, a peak 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 ....
, a national park in the Nicobar Islands, India
- HMS Galatea
HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy.*The first Galatea was a 20-gun sixth-rate launched in 1776 and broken up in 1783....
(disambiguation), eight ships of the British Royal Navy
- THV Galatea
THV Galatea is a lighthouse tender operated by Trinity House, the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of England, Wales and the Channel Islands.-History:...
, two ships operated by Trinity House
- Galatea (yacht)
"Galatea" was the unsuccessful British challenger of the sixth America's Cup race in 1886 against American defender "Mayflower".-Design:Galatea, a keel cutter, was designed by John Beavor-Webb and built in 1885 for owner Lieutenant William Henn, R.N...
, the 1886 America's Cup challenger
- Galatea, launched in 1896 as the Glenlee (ship)
Glenlee is a three-masted baldheaded steel-hulled barque, launched fully rigged and seaworthy on December 3, 1896. She is now a museum ship at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow, known as The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour....
, a training tall ship of the Spanish Navy from 1922-1969
- Galatea (locomotive)
London Midland and Scottish Railway Jubilee Class No. 5699 Galatea is a preserved British steam locomotive.- Overview :...
, a preserved example of the LMS Jubilee class of steam locomotive
- Galatea , Automobile design and bodywork firm based out of Princeton NJ
- Gallathea
Gallathea is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy by John Lyly. It is unusual among Lyly's plays in that it has a record of modern productions.-Early history:...
, a late 16th century play by John Lyly
- Galathée, an 1852 opera by Victor Massé
Victor Massé was a French composer.- Biography :...
- Pygmalion and Galatea, an 1871 blank-verse play by W.
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Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white", most notably referring to:
- Galatea (mythology)
-The name "Galatea":Though the name "Galatea" has become so firmly associated with Pygmalion's statue as to seem antique, it originated with a post-classical writer. No extant ancient text mentions her name...
, one of three figures of classical myth:
- Galatea, a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Leucippus, son of Gorgophone and Perieres, was the father of Phoebe and Hilaeira, and also of Arsinoe, mother of Asclepius, by his wife Philodice, daughter of Inachus....
- Galatea, a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea (mythology)
In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Acis was the spirit of the Acis River in Sicily, beloved of the nereid, or sea-nymph, Galatea . Galatea returned the love of Acis, but a jealous suitor, the Sicilian Cyclops Polyphemus, killed him with a boulder. Distraught, Galatea then turned his blood into the river Acis...
- Galatea, name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion (mythology)
Pygmalion is a legendary figure of Cyprus. Though Pygmalion is the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name Pumayyaton, he is most familiar from Ovid's Metamorphoses, X, in which Pygmalion is a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has made.In Ovid's narrative, Pygmalion was a Cypriot...
Galatea or
Galathea may also refer to:
Art
- Galatea (Raphael)
The Triumph of Galatea is a fresco masterpiece completed in 1512 by the Italian painter Raphael for the Villa Farnesina in Rome.The Farnesina was built for the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, one of the richest men of that age. The Farnese family later acquired and renamed the villa, smaller than...
, or The Triumph of Galatea, a 1512 fresco of Ovid's sea-nymph
- Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a painting by Salvador Dalí made in 1952. It depicts Dali's muse, Gala, as pieced together through a series of spheres....
, a 1952 painting by Salvador Dalí
Animation, anime and manga
- Galatea, a villain character in the 1990s anime series Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040
- Galatea, a warrior character in the 2000s series Claymore (manga)
is a dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. The series initially premiered in the now defunct Monthly Shōnen Jump in the May 2001 issue. When the magazine was canceled in June 2007, the series was temporarily moved to Weekly Shōnen Jump. When Jump Square was introduced...
- Galatea (Justice League Unlimited)
Galatea is a fictional supervillain in the animated series Justice League Unlimited. She first appeared in the episode "Fearful Symmetry", and is voiced by Nicholle Tom.-Fictional character biography:...
, a supervillain character, an evil clone of Supergirl, first appearing in 2004
- Galatea Syndrome, a fictional disease in the 2008 manga Ningyou Kyuutei Gakudan or Grand Guignol by Kaori Yuki
is a female Japanese manga artist best known for her gothic comics such as Earl Cain, its sequel Godchild, and Angel Sanctuary. Yuki debuted in 1987 with which ran in the manga anthology Bessatsu Hana to Yume published by Hakusensha...
Gaming
- Galatea, a fictional planet in the 1984 Classic BattleTech
Classic BattleTech is a table-top wargame set in the fictional BattleTech universe that simulates combat between futuristic mechanized forces. Originally published by FASA Corporation, the game is now produced by Catalyst Game Labs under license from WizKids...
wargame
- Galatea, a fictional planet in the 1997 video game Colony Wars
Colony Wars is a trilogy of video games developed and produced by Psygnosis for the Sony PlayStation. The three games in the series are Colony Wars , Colony Wars: Vengeance , and Colony Wars: Red Sun . The style of gameplay is a 3D science fiction space shoot 'em up.-Games:-Prologue:Colony Wars...
- GTD Galatea, a fictional destroyer in the 1998 computer game Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
- Galatea (video game), an interactive fiction work by Emily Short, released in 2000
- Galatea, one of the Lineages for characters in the 2006 role-playing game Promethean: The Created
Promethean: The Created is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the new World of Darkness.The game is inspired by the classic tales of Frankenstein's monster, the Golem and other such simulacra...
- Galatea, a fictional satellite the destruction of which created superhumans in the 1999 role-playing game Aberrant
Aberrant is a role-playing game created by White Wolf Game Studio in 1999, set in 2008 A.D. in a world where super-powered humans started appearing one day in 1998...
Film
- Galatea Film, an Italian film production company, distributor of The Lovemakers (film)
Literature
- 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....
, a 16th century pastoral novel by Miguel de Cervantes
- La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea
La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea , or simply the Polifemo, is a literary work written by Spanish poet Luis de Góngora y Argote. The poem, though borrowing heavily from prior literary sources of Greek and Roman Antiquity, attempts to go beyond the established versions of the myth by reconfiguring...
, a 17th century Siglo de Oro poem by Luis de Góngora
- Galatea, a 1953 novel by James M. Cain
James Mallahan Cain was an American author and journalist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labelling, he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the roman noir...
- Galatea, a 1976 novel by Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman CBE is an English writer. He is the best-selling author of His Dark Materials , and a number of other books.- Biography :...
- Galatea 2.2
Galatea 2.2 is a novel by Richard Powers. The novel is pseudo-autobiographical: the narrator is named Richard Powers and there is discussion of the four novels he wrote before Galatea 2.2 along with other references to his real biography. Richard Powers creates a version of himself for the novel...
, a 1995 novel by Richard Powers
Fictional characters
- Galatea Dunkel, a character in Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road
On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. It is a largely autobiographical work that was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America. It is often considered a defining work of...
- Galatea, an android character in the 1976 novella The Bicentennial Man
The Bicentennial Man is a novella in the Robot Series by Isaac Asimov. The story formed the basis of the novel The Positronic Man , co-written with Robert Silverberg, and the 1999 film Bicentennial Man, starring Robin Williams....
by Isaac Asimov
- Galatea, an android character in the 2007 novel Soon I Will Be Invincible
Soon I Will Be Invincible is a novel by Austin Grossman. It was published by Pantheon Books in New York on 5 Jun 2007. The paperback edition was published by Vintage Books in June of 2008....
by Austin Grossman
Astronomy
- 74 Galatea
74 Galatea is a large Main belt asteroid. Its surface is very dark in color. Galatea was found by the prolific comet discoverer Ernst Tempel on August 29, 1862 in Marseilles, France. It was his third asteroid discovery. It is named after one of the two Galateas in Greek mythology. A stellar...
, a large main belt asteroid discovered in 1862
- Galatea (moon)
Galatea , also known as Neptune VI, is the fourth closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Galatea, one of the Nereids of Greek legend....
, discovered orbiting Neptune in 1989
Biology
- Galathea
Galathea is a genus of squat lobsters....
, a genus of squat lobsters
- Galatea, common name for plants of the genus Dieffenbachia
Dieffenbachia is a genus of tropical plants in the Family Araceae noted for their patterned leaves. Members of this genus are popular as houseplants because of their tolerance for shade...
Geography
- Galatea, Greece, a village in Kozani Prefecture, Greece
- Galatea, New Zealand
Galatea is a settlement in the Whakatane 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 Tawhiuau stand guard on the eastern flank of the Galatea Plains or Basin, an area surrounding the village...
, a village in the North Island of New Zealand
- 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...
, a peak 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 ....
, a national park in the Nicobar Islands, India
Transport
- HMS Galatea
HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy.*The first Galatea was a 20-gun sixth-rate launched in 1776 and broken up in 1783....
(disambiguation), eight ships of the British Royal Navy
- THV Galatea
THV Galatea is a lighthouse tender operated by Trinity House, the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of England, Wales and the Channel Islands.-History:...
, two ships operated by Trinity House
- Galatea (yacht)
"Galatea" was the unsuccessful British challenger of the sixth America's Cup race in 1886 against American defender "Mayflower".-Design:Galatea, a keel cutter, was designed by John Beavor-Webb and built in 1885 for owner Lieutenant William Henn, R.N...
, the 1886 America's Cup challenger
- Galatea, launched in 1896 as the Glenlee (ship)
Glenlee is a three-masted baldheaded steel-hulled barque, launched fully rigged and seaworthy on December 3, 1896. She is now a museum ship at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow, known as The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour....
, a training tall ship of the Spanish Navy from 1922-1969
- Galatea (locomotive)
London Midland and Scottish Railway Jubilee Class No. 5699 Galatea is a preserved British steam locomotive.- Overview :...
, a preserved example of the LMS Jubilee class of steam locomotive
- Galatea , Automobile design and bodywork firm based out of Princeton NJ
Theatre
- Gallathea
Gallathea is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy by John Lyly. It is unusual among Lyly's plays in that it has a record of modern productions.-Early history:...
, a late 16th century play by John Lyly
- Galathée, an 1852 opera by Victor Massé
Victor Massé was a French composer.- Biography :...
- Pygmalion and Galatea, an 1871 blank-verse play by W. S. Gilbert
- Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed
Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed is a musical burlesque that parodies the Pygmalion legend. The libretto was written by Henry Pottinger Stephens and W. Webster. The score was composed by Wilhelm Meyer Lutz....
, an 1883 musical comedy by Henry Pottinger Stephens, W. Webster and Meyer Lutz
- Die schöne Galathee
Die schöne Galathee is an operetta in two acts by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by the composer and Poly Henrion. First performance: Carl-Theater, Vienna, 1865....
(The Beautiful Galatea), an operetta in two acts by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by the composer and Poly Henrion