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1 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.

2 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 PullmanPhilip Pullman (born October 19, 1946), an English writer, is the bestselling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels, and a number of other books, purportedly for children, but attracting increasing attention by adult readers. The seri, his second published work of fiction.
4. Galatea is an interactive fictionInteractive fiction often abbreviated as IF is a simulated environment in which players use text commands to control characters. Works in this form can be understood as literary and as computer games. Often the term interactive fiction is used to describe work by Emily Short , somewhat based around the Pygmalion legend. See Galatea (computer game)Galatea is a piece of art work by Emily Short rendered in the form of interactive fiction, and written in Inform. Winner of the Best of Show Award at the 2000 Interactive Fiction Art Show, it alters the typical interactive fiction game mechanics by concen.
5. Galatea galante is the heroine of a book by Alfred BesterAlfred Bester could refer to Alfred Bester a science fiction author Alfred Bester, a fictional character in Babylon 5 named for the author., based on the Pygmalion myth.

3 Places and things named after Galatea

1. Galatea is a moon of NeptuneNeptune is the eighth planet from the sun, and the outermost gas giant in our solar system. Due to Pluto's eccentric orbit, Neptune is sometimes the furthest planet from the Sun. Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea. Its symbol is a stylized re. See Galatea (moon)Galatea ("GAL uh TEE uh") is the fourth known moon of Neptune, named after the Nereid of Greek legend. It was discovered in 1989 by Voyager 2 and very little is known about it. It is irregularly shaped and shows no sign of any geological modification..
2. 74 Galatea74 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 Ga is an asteroidAn asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid , which are much smaller than planets. The asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were no.
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.