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  • Look up galatea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white". Galatea, Galathea or Gallathea may...
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    Galatea (/ˌɡæləˈtiːə/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") is the post-antiquity name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory alabaster...
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    Acis and Galatea (/ˈeɪsɪs/, /ɡæləˈtiː.ə/) are characters from Greek mythology later associated together in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The episode tells of...
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  • HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy. HMS Galatea (1776) was a 20-gun sixth-rate post-ship...
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    The Triumph of Galatea is a fresco completed around 1512 by the Italian painter Raphael for the Villa Farnesina in Rome. The Farnesina was built for the...
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    HMS Galatea (F18) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham on the Tyne. She was launched on 23 May 1963 and...
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    La Galatea (Spanish pronunciation: [la ɣalaˈte.a]) was Miguel de Cervantes’ first book, published in 1585. Under the guise of pastoral characters, it...
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  • Pygmalion and Galatea are two characters from Greco-Roman mythology. Pygmalion and Galatea may also refer to: Pygmalion and Galatea (play), a play by...
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    HMS Galatea was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland), with the...
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    him in their poems as heterosexual and linked his name with the nymph Galatea. Often he was portrayed as unsuccessful in these, and as unaware of his...
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    Galatea /ɡæləˈtiːə/, also known as Neptune VI, is the fourth-closest inner moon of Neptune, and fifth-largest moon of Neptune. It is named after Galatea...
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  • Greek mythology, Galatea (/ˌɡæləˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") was the name of the following figures: Galatea, a Nereid who loved...
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    74 Galatea is a large C-type main-belt asteroid. Its carbonaceous surface is very dark in color with an albedo of just 0.034. Galatea was found by the...
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  • Galatea of the Spheres is a painting by Salvador Dalí made in 1952. It depicts Gala Dalí, Salvador Dalí's wife and muse, as pieced together through a...
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    Mount Galatea is the highest peak of the Kananaskis Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. It is located in the upper Spray...
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  • Acis and Galatea is a story in Greek mythology. Acis and Galatea may also refer to: Acis and Galatea (Handel), a 1718 composition by George Frideric Handel...
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  • Galatea is an interactive fiction video game by Emily Short featuring a modern rendition of the Greek myth of Galatea, the sculpture of a woman that gained...
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    Galatea Bellugi (born 1997) is a French actress. Born in Paris, Bellugi is the daughter of Italian actor Duccio Bellugi-Vannuccini, while her mother is...
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    Pygmalion and Galatea (French: Pygmalion et Galatée) is an 1890 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. The motif is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses...
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    THV Galatea is a lighthouse tender operated by Trinity House, the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around...
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