a sea nymph who was the lover of Acis.
a maiden who had been an ivory statue carved by Pygmalion and brought to life by Aphrodite in response to his prayers.
First recorded in 1880–85; named after the 19th-century British man-of-war H.M.S. Galatea; the fabric was once used for children's sailor suits
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All he has to do is scrawl a wobbly triumph of galatea or et in arcadia ego on a canvas, and suddenly he's up there with Roberto Calasso, if not Edward Gibbon.
From Time Magazine Archive
We’d better tie the galatea to the trees.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
Towards this tree the galatea was now going as straight as if she had been steered by the finger of Destiny itself.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
On the galatea putting into the port of Coary, it was found that nearly every man in the place was off upon a hunting excursion,—turtle and cow-fish being the game that had called them out.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
The owner of the galatea endeavored to tempt the Ega crew to continue another stage.
From Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine by Hamilton, Gail
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