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Galatea (mythology) Galatea ( / ˌɡæləˈtiːə /; Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") [1] is the post-antiquity name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory alabaster by Pygmalion of Cyprus, which then came to life in Greek mythology . Galatea is also the name of a sea-nymph, one of the fifty Nereids (daughters of ...
Galatea: Esta hermosa nereida es conocida por su participación en uno de los mitos más famosos de la mitología griega. Descubre la historia de amor entre Galatea y el cyclope Polifemo, y cómo su belleza desencadenó una serie de eventos trágicos. Sumérgete en el fascinante mundo mitológico y descubre el papel de Galatea en esta apasionante leyenda.
Plate 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 ...
According to the poets Hesiod, Homer, Apollodorus & Hyginus Galateia was one of the Nereides (fifty goddess-nymphs of the sea). Her name means either "the goddess of calm seas" from galênê and Theia or "milky-white" from galaktos. Galateia frequented the coast of Sicily where she attracted the attention of the Kyklops (Cyclops) Polyphemos. The giant wooed her with tunes from his rustic pipes ...
A sculptor chisels away at his statue of an ideal woman. Francisco José Goya y Lucientes here referred to the mythological story of Pygmalion, the legendary king of Cyprus who fell in love with a statue. According to Ovid, Pygmalion carved the statue from ivory with wonderful artistry.Every night he prayed to Venus that he might have a wife as beautiful as the image he had created.
Del lat. Galăta, y este del gr. Γαλάτης Galátēs. 1. adj. Natural de Galacia, país del Asia antigua. U. t. c. s. 2. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a Galacia o a los gálatas. 3. adj. Dicho de una persona: De un pueblo celta emigrado de Galia y establecido en Asia Menor. U.
Gálatas. Para el libro bíblico del Nuevo Testamento, véase Epístola a los Gálatas. Para un pueblo de Creta con los restos de un palacio minoico, véase Galatás. Para otros usos de este término, véase Gálata. Los gálatas fueron los habitantes de origen galo que, provenientes de la Galia, se asentaron en una región del Asia Menor .
