Galatea (Greek myth) in the context of "Lamprus (mythology)"

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⭐ Core Definition: Galatea (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Galatea (/ˌɡæləˈtə/; Ancient Greek: Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") was the name of the following figures:

  • Galatea, a Nereid who loved the shepherd Acis, and was loved by the cyclops Polyphemus.
  • Galatea, the post-antiquity name given to the statue of a woman created by Pygmalion and brought to life by Aphrodite.
  • Galatea, daughter of Eurytius, son of Sparton. She married a man of good family but poor, Lamprus. When she became pregnant, Lamprus wished to have a son and told her to expose the child if it turned out to be a girl. Galatea gave birth to a girl while Lamprus was away, so she—with the advice of seers and her own dreams—told Lamprus that the baby was male, and named her Leucippus. As Leucippus grew older, her true sex became harder and harder to conceal, so Galatea went to the sanctuary of Leto and prayed to the goddess to change her daughter into a man. Leto took pity on mother and daughter and made Leucippus an actual man.
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👉 Galatea (Greek myth) in the context of Lamprus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Lamprus (Ancient Greek: Λάμπρος, romanizedLampros, lit.'shining, distinguished, munificent') was the son of Pandion from Phaistos in Crete and father of Leucippus by Galatea.

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Galatea (Greek myth) in the context of Acis and Galatea

Acis and Galatea (/ˈsɪs/, /ɡæləˈt.ə/) are characters from Greek mythology later associated together in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The episode tells of the love between the mortal Acis and the Nereid (sea-nymph) Galatea; when the jealous Cyclops Polyphemus kills Acis, Galatea transforms her lover into an immortal river spirit. The episode was made the subject of poems, operas, paintings, and statues in the Renaissance and after.

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