Galatea
noun
Gal·a·tea
ˌga-lə-ˈtē-ə 
: a female figure sculpted by Pygmalion and given life by Aphrodite in fulfillment of his prayer
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Five years ago, researchers discovered that Raphael used Egyptian blue in a fresco called Triumph of Galatea, which the Renaissance painter created for Rome’s Villa Farnesina in around 1512.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
Singing the role of Galatea is soprano Nola Richardson, with tenor James Reese at her side as Acis and bass-baritone Douglas Ray Williams as the brutish Polyphemus.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
Powers has also written novels of greater subtlety, driven by a purist’s fascination with the inner workings of complex systems and instruments: The Gold Bug Variations, Galatea 2.2, Orfeo,Plowing the Dark.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
With: Galatea Bellugi, Carlotta Gamba, Veronica Lucchesi, Maria Vittoria Dallasta, Sara Mafodda, Paolo Rossi, Elio, Natalino Balasso, Anita Kravos, Vincenzo Crea, Jasmin Mattei.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s Galatea Lab in Neuchâtel, Switzerland shined femtosecond laser light onto tellurite glass to effectively create a semiconductor crystal that generates a current when exposed to light.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Feb. 2024
Paintings that depict this moment, for example by Raoux (1717), Regnault (1786), and Burne-Jones (1868-70 and 1878), accentuate the whiteness of Galatea’s flesh.
—Mark Paterson, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
Singing the role of Galatea is soprano Nola Richardson, with tenor James Reese at her side as Acis and bass-baritone Douglas Ray Williams as the brutish Polyphemus.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
Powers has also written novels of greater subtlety, driven by a purist’s fascination with the inner workings of complex systems and instruments: The Gold Bug Variations, Galatea 2.2, Orfeo,Plowing the Dark.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
With: Galatea Bellugi, Carlotta Gamba, Veronica Lucchesi, Maria Vittoria Dallasta, Sara Mafodda, Paolo Rossi, Elio, Natalino Balasso, Anita Kravos, Vincenzo Crea, Jasmin Mattei.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s Galatea Lab in Neuchâtel, Switzerland shined femtosecond laser light onto tellurite glass to effectively create a semiconductor crystal that generates a current when exposed to light.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Feb. 2024
Paintings that depict this moment, for example by Raoux (1717), Regnault (1786), and Burne-Jones (1868-70 and 1878), accentuate the whiteness of Galatea’s flesh.
—Mark Paterson, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2024
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“Galatea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Galatea. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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