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	Mythology of Galatea
		Nereids were nymphs of the sea in Greek mythology.
		Galatea [gal-eh-TEE-eh] lies 37,200 kilometers (23,100 miles) from Neptune.
		Galatea circles the planet in the same direction as Neptune rotates, and remains close to Neptune's equatorial plane.
	www.galateasglamouries.com /myth.html (1967 words)

	Galatea (mythology) - MSN Encarta
		Galatea (mythology), in Greek mythology, one of the 50 Nereids, the daughters of Nereus, the old man of the sea.
		Galatea did not return his love, however; she teased and ridiculed him, arousing his hopes with kind words and then rejecting him.
		In Roman mythology, Galatea was the name of a statue of a beautiful woman that was brought to life by Venus, goddess of love, in response to the prayers of the sculptor Pygmalion, who had fallen in love with his creation.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577588/Galatea_(mythology).html (141 words)

	Greek mythology A-M - All About Turkey
		In Greek mythology Astraea was the daughter of Zeus and Themis, the goddess of justice.
		In Greek mythology, Eteocles was a son of the incestuous union of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Polynices.
		In Greek mythology Ion was the son of Apollo and the Arthenian princess Creusa, whom Apollo raped on the Acropolis.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /sozlukmit1.htm (7737 words)

	Galatea
		In Greek mythology, Galatea ("she who is milk-white") was the name of a Sicilian Nereid loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus.
		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.
		Galatea is the fourth known moon of Neptune, named after the the Nereid of Greek legend.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ga/Galatea.html (162 words)

	Galatea - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Galatea (sea nymph), in Greek mythology, one of the 50 Nereids, the daughters of Nereus, the old man of the sea.
		Galatea (she who is milk-white) was the name of two figures in Greek mythology.
		Galatea the Nereid nymph Galateia was a Nereid sea nymph who was yearned for by the Sicilian Cyclops Polyphemus.
	encarta.msn.com /Galatea.html (256 words)

	Dictionary of Greek & Roman Mythology
		Adaro In the mythology of the Solomon Islands, Adaro is a sea-spirit.
		Astraea In Greek mythology Astraea was the daughter of Zeus and Themis, the goddess of justice.
		Galatea In Greek mythology, Galatea was the daughter of Nereus and Doris.
	members.tripod.com /~JackUdall/myths.html (9636 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Greek &. Roman Mythology (A-M)
		In the mythology of the Solomon Islands, Adaro is a sea-spirit.
		In Greek mythology, Alphito was a white goddess of barley flour, destiny and the moon.
		In Greek mythology, Erigone was the goddess of death, trees and fertility and associated with wine and a pastoral economy.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/D1A.HTM (7718 words)

	Galatea@Everything2.com
		In Greek mythology Galatea was one of the Nereids, one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris.
		Galatea restored to Acis the nature of his mother the Nymph, and turned him into a stream with sparkling waters.
		Galatea was stricken with fear, and went to Leto's shrine, where she asked the goddess to change her daughter's sex.
	everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=144604 (2402 words)

	greek.htm
		In Greek mythology, Peirithous was a King of the Lapiths and a son of Ixion and Dia.
		In Greek mythology, Proetus was a son of Abas and the twin brother of Acrisius.
		In Greek mythology, Xuthus was a son of Helen by the nymph Orseis.
	webserver.sms.org /intranet/classes/forlang/latin/myth/greek.htm (7991 words)

	Pygmalion and Galatea Homework Page
		Treating Galatea as if she were his girlfriend, he brought his ivory statue shells and pebbles, little birds and flowers of all colors.
		When the sculptor returned home and kissed Galatea as was his custom, he was startled at her warmth.
		Galatea smiled down at him and spoke adoring words to her loving creator.
	www.thanasis.com /pygmal.htm (943 words)

	Greek mythology, ancient greek myths. Greek gods and heroes.
		In the modern language, the word "myth" and "mythology" is synonymous with a fiction or a lie.
		To make matters worse, all greek mythology came to us written in ancient greek (of course!) so translating to English or any other language was not an easy task.
		No matter what the variations are of each story the bottom line is that the ancient Greeks had a brilliant imagination and created one of the richest and most complete set of characters: gods, demigods and heroes and passed them on to us to appreciate their brilliance millennia later.
	www.hellenism.net /eng/mythology.htm (221 words)

	Pygmalion - Galatea
		Galatea, an 8-foot, 1,000-pound goddess, presides over the fountains, shrubbery and tiny amphitheater of South Pasadena's new Galatea Garden, which was dedicated in a Friday morning ceremony.
		Both were named for the goddess Galatea who, according to Greek mythology, was a statue molded by Pygmalion, the king of Cyprus.
		Galatea is the work of Audrey Flack, a sculptor known for her work in depicting goddesses.
	www.pygmalion.ws /stories/flack-galatea.htm (731 words)

	Galatea (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Galatea ("she who is milk-white") was the name of two figures in Greek mythology.
		the myth of the earlier milky-white Galatea, an ivory statue made by Pygmalion, son of Belus ("lord") in Cyprus, which was brought to life by Aphrodite.
		The tale of Pygmalion and Galatea was cited by John Gower in book II of his Confessio Amantis (1390), which concerns the subject of Envy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galatea_(mythology) (555 words)

	Galatea's Pants
		Galatea's Pants is an internationally distributed underground publication that began in January 2000.
		She is rather voiceless in the Greek myth, quite literally for a large part of the story.
		The title imagines what it would be like if Galatea had her own creative outlet, if she shed those itchy togas and donned a pair of pants.
	www.galateaspants.com (315 words)

	Great Romances - Past and Present » Galatea
		He had fallen in love with Galatea and began to yearn for her to have life.
		And so it was that he resolved to pray to Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love, at the festival in her honor for his ivory woman to become real.
		Galatea awoke at the feel of his kisses and instantly fell in love with Pygmalion, which was just as the goddess had intended.
	www.great-romances.com /category/galatea (430 words)

	Pygmalion and Galatea
		Bloom probably knows of this through W. Gilbert's play, Pygmalion and Galatea (1871), which played at the Queen's Royal Theatre, Dublin, in November, 1891.· In that play, Pygmalion, a sculptor, is married to a woman named Cynisca, who is jealous of the animated statue, Galatea; after considerable trouble, Galatea voluntarily returns to her original state.
		The transformation was climaxed by the marriage of Pygmalion and Galatea.
		Gilbert's Galatea is born so innocent that she appears wayward and disrupts the lives she touches (including those of Mr.
	www.facstaff.bucknell.edu /rickard/Hypermedia/HTML/pygmalion.html (318 words)

	The Triumph of Galatea by RAFFAELLO Sanzio
		These lines describe how the clumsy giant Polyphemus sings a love song to the fair sea-nymph Galatea and how she rides across the waves in a chariot drawn by two dolphins, laughing at his uncouth song, while the gay company of other sea-gods and nymphs is milling round her.
		Raphael's fresco shows Galatea with her gay companions; the giant is depicted in a fresco by Sebastiano del Piombo which stands to the left of Raphael's Galatea.
		Her chariot had been driving from left to right with her veil blowing backwards, but, hearing the strange love song, she turns round and smiles, and all the lines in the picture, from the love-gods' arrows to the reins she holds, converge on her beautiful face in the very centre of the picture.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /html/r/raphael/5roma/1/05farne.html (760 words)

	Dragons (Morgana's Observatory)
		Galatea then fled to the sea; Acis was transformed into a river and joined her.
		When Westerners first came into contact with the civilization of China, they discovered that Chinese mythology and art was rich with tales and pictures of a large, powerful reptilian creature that looked remarkably like the large, powerful reptilian dragon with which they were already familiar.
		In mythology both Western and Oriental dragons are reputed to be powerful and the guardians of great fortunes.
	www.dreamscape.com /morgana/galatea2.htm (2789 words)

	Salvador Dali and Galatea >> Oil Paintings, Art and Wall Decor Blog - ArtCorner.com
		Galatea is both a nymph in Greek myth and Dali’s Wife.
		Galatea (”she who is milk-white”) was the name of a figure in Greek mythology.
		Galatea was a Nereid sea nymph who was yearned for by the Sicilian Cyclops Polyphemus.
	blog.overstockart.com /salvador-dali-and-galatea (290 words)

	Galatea: Myths and Legends of the World
		Galatea, whose name means "milk white," was a sea nymph
		The story of Galatea pursued by Polyphemus appears in a Renaissance painting by Raphael.
		In another legend, Galatea was a statue of a woman carved by the sculptor Pygmalion.
	history.enotes.com /myths-legends/galatea (150 words)

	Giants
		Galatea was a minor sea goddess and the sister of Thetis.
		Galatea was in love with Acis, son of Faunus and the mountain-nymph Symaethis.
		When Polyphemus found Galatea was sleeping with Acis, he crushed the young man to death.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/giants.html (2432 words)

	Polyphemus 2, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		The Cyclops Polyphemus 2 was a huge, wild cannibal, who was once in love with the Nereid Galatea 1, and was later blinded by Odysseus.
		The race of Polyphemus 2 naturally reminds of the CYCLOPES Arges, Brontes 1 and Steropes, who were the children of Gaia; for Polyphemus 2 and those like him, having a single eye in their forehead, are also called Cyclopes.
		But as Galatea 1 did not love Polyphemus 2, but instead preferred to rest in the arms of Acis, the son of Faunus 1 and a Symaethian Nymph, the Cyclops sang a second part, achieving in his art a remarkable contrast.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Polyphemus2.html (2121 words)

	Galatea
		He was the son of Pan.Galatea lived in the sea surrounding the island of Sicily where she met several times one of the Cyclopes, the monstrous one-eyed Polyphemus.
		Polyphemus was in love with Galatea and was unable to control his jealousy of Acis.
		Because Galatea was a sea-nymph and attendant of the sea-god Poseidon, her name had been given to one of the moons of the planet Neptune.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/mythology/galatea.html (204 words)

	Galatea (Raphael) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Triumph of Galatea is a fresco masterpiece completed in 1512 by the Italian painter Raphael for the Villa Farnesina in Rome; it is representative of the renewed interest into secular classic mythology dear to Renaissance artists.
		In Greek mythology, the beautiful Nereid Galatea had fallen in love with the peasant shepherd Acis.
		Galatea appears surrounded by other sea creatures whose forms are somewhat inspired to Michelangelo, whereas the bright colors and decoration are supposed to be inspired by ancient Roman painting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galatea_(Raphael) (401 words)

	Greek Mythology
		A knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable in understanding and appreciating much of the great literature, sculpture, and painting of both the ancients and the moderns.
		For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known.
		For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /MJBookstore/greece-mythology.html (1114 words)

	GALATEA : Greek Nereid sea-nymph ; mythology ; pictures : GALATEIA
		Acis was beloved by the nymph Galatea, and Polyphemus the Cyclop, jealous of him, crushed him under a huge rock.
		Often enough his sheep had to find their own way home to the fold from the green pastures, while he sang of Galatea, sitting alone on the beach amid the sea wrack, languishing from daybreak, with a deadly wound which mighty Kypris dealt him with her arrow, fixing it under his heart.
		"Galatea letting Scylla [before her transformation into a monster] comb her hair, heaved a deep sigh and said, 'My dear, your suitors after all are men and not unkind: you can reject them, as you do, unscathed.
	www.theoi.com /Pontios/NereisGalateia.html (3629 words)

	Galatea (Site not responding. Last check: )
		That's Galatea plunging into the water; her lover Acis lies dashed under a rock, courtesy of a jealous Polyphemus.
		Galatea, a goddess, changed the badly bleeding Acis into a river, so he "lived" after all.
		This card was printed by George Nesbitt of New York, and is shown at 80 percent of actual size.
	www.tradecards.com /articles/br/galatea.html (71 words)

	Sea and Sky's Tour of the Solar System: Other Neptunian Moons
		It was named after a nymph who was the daughter of Poseidon and Demeter in Greek mythology.
		In Greek mythology, Galatea was a Sicilian Nereid loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus.
		Galatea orbits Neptune in the same direction as the planet rotates, and remains close to the planet's equatorial plane.
	www.seasky.org /solarsystem/sky3i3.html (720 words)

	Characters of Greek Mythology - Beguiling Beauties - Galatea
		Galatea was the ivory creation of a brilliant artist named Pygmalion, who lived on Cyprus.
		She was present and their wedding, and Pygmalion and Galatea (what he named his statue) had two children, Paphus and Metharme.
		Characters of Greek Mythology was established in June 1998 by Tonya James
	mythology.tonyarn.com /beauties/galatea.html (256 words)

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