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Galatea

1. In Greek mythology, Galatea ("she who is milk-white") was the name of a Sicilian Nereid loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus. She, however, loved a Sicilian youth named Acis, whom Polyphemus killed with a boulder in a jealous rage. Distraught, Galatea turned his blood into the river Acis in Sicily.
2. Galatea was also the name of the maiden who was originally a statue carved by Pygmalion, created in the image of, and brought to life by Aphrodite. (See also 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 2.0 for dystopian/technological versions.)

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Galatea is a moon of Neptune. See Galatea (moon).

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74 Galatea is an asteroid.

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The HMS Galatea was a British cruiser that participated in the Battle of Jutland of World War I.

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Mount Galatea (3185 meters) is a peak in the Kananaskis region of the Canadian Rockies.

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