Galatea - Definition and Overview

There are a number of persons, celestial bodies, ships and geographical locations called Galatea:

Mythological figures

1. A nymph in Greek mythology, see Galatea (mythology)
2. 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

1. Gallathea (1585) is a play by the Elizabethan dramatist John Lyly.
2. 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.
3. Galatea is a novel by British author Philip Pullman, his second published work of fiction.
4. Galatea is an interactive fiction work by Emily Short, somewhat based around the Pygmalion legend. See Galatea (computer game).
5. Galatea galante is the heroine of a book by Alfred Bester, based on the Pygmalion myth.

Places and things named after Galatea

1. Galatea is a moon of Neptune. See Galatea (moon).
2. 74 Galatea is an asteroid.
3. There have been eight HMS Galatea's of the British Royal Navy.
4. Mount Galatea (3185 meters) is a peak in the Kananaskis region of the Canadian Rockies.
5. Galathea is a widespread genus of squat lobsters.