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Galatea
GalateaPlate depicting the triumph of Galatea, tin-glazed earthenware from Urbino, Italy, c. 1550–75; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Galatea, in Greek mythology, a Nereid who was loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus. Galatea, however, loved the youth Acis. When Polyphemus discovered Acis and Galatea together, he crushed Acis to death with a boulder. Galatea is also the name, in some versions of the Pygmalion story, of the statue that Pygmalion creates and then falls in love with.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Virginia Gorlinski.