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Pygmalion's creation
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galatea
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Galatea was the unsuccessful Scottish challenger of the sixth America's Cup race in 1886 against American defender Mayflower .
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave. 2 A white cotton fabric with blue or red stripes.
Usage examples of galatea.
It seemed to him that he followed her, walking over the shadowed turf that gave with springy crunch beneath his tread, though Galatea left hardly an imprint.
Dan ceased his questioning, content for the moment to drink in the beauty about him, and then Galatea returned bearing a crystal bowl of the strange fruits.
Then they were laughing in the pool, splashing about until Galatea drew herself to the bank, glowing and panting.
As they returned, Galatea sang a strange song, plaintive and sweet as the medley of river and flower music.
For a distance they walked hand in hand, but as they reached the path of pebbly brightness near the house, Galatea drew away and sped swiftly before him.
Leucon sat on his bench by the portal, and Galatea had paused on the threshold.
It is this: Galatea loves you, though I think she has not yet realized it.
Again he rose at the glow of dawn, and again Galatea was before him, meeting him at the door with her bowl of fruit.
He adored Galatea, and it was not her fault that her husband liked to manipulate his family like pawns on a chessboard.
That is why I made and married your mother, Galatea, may she rest in peace.
Then one day, for reasons she had explained to no one, Galatea put her memories in archive, and descended into the sea, abandoning her flesh and merging her mind with the strange, old, unfriendly mass-minds that live scattered in a million microscopic cell bodies far below the waves.
I always tried to pass over the tiny moon Galatea and the glittering arc segments that she shepherds around the planet.
Chares resumed his place next to the woman Galatea, a slender beauty who had worn the mask of the cat-goddess Bast during the feast.
Indeed she looked like a statue come to life, the mythical Galatea brought to life by Pygmalion.
Do you think the Amaryllises, Phyllises, Sylvias, Dianas, Galateas, Alidas, and all the rest that fill books, ballads, barbershops, and theaters are really ladies of flesh and blood who belong to those who celebrate them?