Galatea (name) - Galatea

Japanese: ガラテア(人名) - がらてあ
Galatea (name) - Galatea

Galatea in Latin. A sea nymph in Greek mythology, one of the daughters of the sea god Nereus.

From "Pygmalion"

…This story, well known from Ovid's Metamorphoses, was recently adapted into GB Shaw's comedy Pygmalion (1913), which was then used as the basis for the musical My Fair Lady. The woman who became Pygmalion's wife is sometimes called Galatea, a name that does not exist in ancient legends. (2) King of Tyre in Phoenicia. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Galatea (name)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ラテン語ではガラテアGalatea。ギリシア神話の海のニンフで,海神ネレウスの娘の一人。…

【ピュグマリオン】より

…オウィディウスの《転身物語》でよく知られるこの話は,新しくはG.B.ショーの喜劇《ピグマリオン》(1913)に翻案され,次いでそれを原作としてミュージカル《マイ・フェア・レディ》が上演された。なお,ピュグマリオンの妃となった女性をガラテアGalateaの名で呼ぶことがあるが,古代の伝承にはない名である。(2)フェニキアのテュロス王。…

※「ガラテア(人名)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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