Galatea
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There are a number of persons, celestial bodies, ships, geographical locations and works of fiction called Galatea:
Mythological figures
- A nymph in Greek mythology, see Galatea (mythology)
- the name of the maiden who was originally a statue carved by Pygmalion, created in the image of, and brought to life by Aphrodite according to the Roman poet Ovid.
Literary adaptions of the myth
- Gallathea (1585) is a play by the Elizabethan dramatist John Lyly.
- See George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, as well as Educating Rita for modern-day versions of this myth, as well as Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Richard Powers's Galatea 2.2 for dystopian/technological versions of the Pygmalion myth.
- Galatea is a novel by British author Philip Pullman, his second published work of fiction.
- Galatea is an interactive fiction work by Emily Short, somewhat based around the Pygmalion legend. See Galatea (computer game).
- Galatea galante is the heroine of a book by Alfred Bester, based on the Pygmalion myth.
- Galatea Cactus is also the name of a one act play by Eryn Dearden.
- Galatea is the name of a female robot in the movie Bicentennial Man.
- Galatea is the name of an evil clone of the cartoon version of Supergirl.
Places and things named after Galatea
- Galatea is a moon of Neptune. See Galatea (moon).
- 74 Galatea is an asteroid.
- There have been eight HMS Galatea's of the British Royal Navy.
- Mount Galatea (3185 meters) is a peak in the Kananaskis, Alberta region of the Canadian Rockies.
- Galathea is a widespread genus of squat lobsters.