Galatea is a Nereid (Sea Nymph). Galatea was the main female character in the myth, Acis and Galatea, which told a story of her being in love with a mortal man named Acis, who was jealously killed by Galatea's admirer, Polyphemus, a Cyclops. Galatea then turned Acis into an Immortal River Spirit.
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Galatea is one of the 50 Nereids being a daughter of Doris and Nereus. She has 49 sisters and 1 brother, Nerites.
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Galatea's name means 'she who is as white as milk'.
Her name is spelt Γαλάτεια in Greek.