Galatea - in Mythology

In Mythology

  • Galatea (mythology):
    • Galatea, a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus (daughter of Galatea)
    • 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)

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