Definition of Galatea (mythology)

Galatea ("she who is milk-white") was the name of three figures in Greek mythology, the best-known being the wife of Pygmalion. The second Galatea, the Sicilian nereid in love with Acis, is discussed at Acis and Galatea (mythology). The third character is the wife of Lamprus who prayed to Leto that her daughter be turned into a son (see  Leucippus).