Look up galatea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white". Galatea, Galathea or Gallathea may...
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Galatea (/ˌɡæləˈtiːə/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") is the post-antiquity name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory alabaster...
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Acis and Galatea (/ˈeɪsɪs/, /ɡæləˈtiː.ə/) are characters from Greek mythology later associated together in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The episode tells of...
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The Triumph of Galatea is a fresco completed around 1512 by the Italian painter Raphael for the Villa Farnesina in Rome. The Farnesina was built for the...
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HMS Galatea (F18) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham on the Tyne. She was launched on 23 May 1963 and...
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HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy. HMS Galatea (1776) was a 20-gun sixth-rate post-ship...
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Pygmalion and Galatea are two characters from Greco-Roman mythology. Pygmalion and Galatea may also refer to: Pygmalion and Galatea (play), a play by...
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La Galatea (Spanish pronunciation: [la ɣalaˈte.a]) was Miguel de Cervantes’ first book, published in 1585. Under the guise of pastoral characters, it...
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HMS Galatea was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland), with the...
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Polyphemus (section Polyphemus and Galatea)
him in their poems as heterosexual and linked his name with the nymph Galatea. Often he was portrayed as unsuccessful in these, and as unaware of his...
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