Galatea

Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white", most notably referring to:

* Galatea (mythology), one of three figures of classical myth:
**Galatea, a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus (mythology)
**Galatea, a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea (mythology)
**Galatea, name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion (mythology)

Galatea or Galathea may also refer to:

Art

* "Galatea" (Raphael), or "The Triumph of Galatea", a 1512 fresco of Ovid's sea-nymph
* "Galatea of the Spheres", a 1952 painting by Salvador Dalí

Entertainment

Animation, anime and manga

*Galatea, a villain character in the 1990s anime series ""
*Galatea, a warrior character in the 2000s series "Claymore" (manga)
*Galatea ("Justice League Unlimited"), 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.

Gaming

* Galatea, a fictional planet in the 1984 "Classic BattleTech" wargame
* Galatea, a fictional planet in the 1997 video game "Colony Wars"
* GTD "Galatea", a fictional carrier in the 1998 computer game ""
* "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 ""

Literature

* "La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea", a 17th century Siglo de Oro poem by Luis de Góngora
* "Galatea" (novel), a 1976 work by Philip Pullman
* "Galatea 2.2", a 1995 novel by Richard Powers

Fictional characters

* Galatea, an android character in the 1976 novella "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov
* Galatea, an android character in the 2007 novel "Soon I Will Be Invincible" by Austin Grossman

cience

Astronomy

* 74 Galatea, a large main belt asteroid discovered in 1862
* Galatea (moon), discovered orbiting Neptune in 1989

Biology

* "Galathea" (genus), a genus of squat lobsters
* Galatea, common name for plants of the genus "Dieffenbachia"

Geography

* Galatea, Greece, a village in Kozani Prefecture, Greece
* Galatea, New Zealand, a village in the North Island of New Zealand
* Mount Galatea, a peak in the Canadian Rockies
* Galathea National Park, a national park in the Nicobar Islands, India

hips

* HMS "Galatea" (disambiguation), eight ships of the British Royal Navy
* THV "Galatea", two ships operated by Trinity House
* "Galatea" (yacht), the 1886 America's Cup challenger
* "El Galatea", launched in 1896 as the "Glenlee" (ship), a training tall ship of the Spanish Navy from 1922-1969
* "Galathea" (expedition ships), three Danish ships promoting natural science

Theatre

* "Gallathea", a late 16th century play by John Lyly
* "Galathée", an 1852 opera by Victor Massé
* "Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed", an 1883 musical comedy by Henry Pottinger Stephens, W. Webster and Meyer Lutz
* "Galatea", a 2000's play by Frank Tangredi