—  Conanlt  Gottcben,  on  tW  "Ret  QuUidwue"  of
Gaiaa,  in  the  Zeiiitknft  fiir  Geackicktltcke  Reditwu-
taucht^t,  Berlin,  1816.  and  Hugo,  Lekrbuek  ier
GndL  dcf  Bin.  HttJUt.)

OALANTRia,  k  temnl-iBkid  of  Alcmenki  whose  sa-
neitjr  eased  the  suffeting*  of  her  miatress.  When
JutM  reaolved  to  retard  the  birth  of  Herculea,  ind
hasten  the  labours  of  the  wife  of  Sthmielua,  she  aoli-
eited  the  kid  of  Lucink,  who  unmediateljr  repaired  to
the  dwelling  of  Aletnwu,  knd,  in  the  form  of  an  aged
finale,  skt  neu  the  dow  wiUi  bet  fee(  croeaed  end
fafers  joined.  In  this  poetaie  dw  nttered  some  ma*
giokl  words,  which  seiYed  to  {Holong  the  aufierings
of  Aknem.  Aknunk  hkd  already  paaaed  aome  dajra
hi  the  moat  excmctalmg  torments,  when  Galanthie  be-
gan  to  auapeet  ibe  je^rasy  of  Juno and  eoncloded
tMt  the  fentale,  who  continued  at  the  door  always  in
the  same  posture,  waa  the  inatrament  of  the  u^r  of
the  goddess.  Influenced  by  these  suipiciona,  (Hlan-
this  ran  out  oC  the  house,  and  with  %  eopiiUinance  ex-
preriaive  oF  joy,  A»  iafiRiDed  Uie  aged  stranger  that
her  nistnae  ud  jest  bioag^t  forth.  Lucinst  at  these
woids,  rots  from  bei  posture,  and  that  instant  Alcne-
■k  was  aafely  delivered.  The  laugh  which  Galantbia
raised  upon  this,  made  Lncina  suspect  that  she  had
beea  deeeived.  She  seized  Galanthia  by  the  hair,
ihnw  her  en  the  ground,  and  tranafonned  her  into
k  wassd.  {Ovid,  Met.,  9,  906,  teqq.^—Tbx*  whole
fiKble  is  connected  with  a  legend  prevalent  among  the
Thetaans,  that,  when  Alemena  wa>  snffering  from  the
pannof  pailnrition,  a  weasel  {ya)iSi)  rsn-by  and  terri-
fied ner  by  iu  sudden  appearance,  and  that  the  terror
UMie  ezetled  eaaed  her  throes  and  produced  a  happy
deUrery.  {MHan,  Y.  H.,  18.  6.)  Hence  the  weaael
waa  higfahr  revered  by  the  Tbebana,  and  was  callod
1^  them  the  noraeof  Hercules.  (C^em.  Alex.,  Protr.,
p.  16,  «.)  r-

GalIt^  the  inbabilanta  of  Galatia.  (Vid.  Ga-
latia.)

OttlTMi  and  Galathsa,  a  se»-nymph,  daoghter
of  Nerena  and  Doris.  She  waa  passionatelr  loved  by
the  Cyclops  Polyphemus,  whom  she  treated  with  die-
dam;  while  Acta,  a  shepherd,  of  Sicily,  enjoyed  her
Bohognded  aflbetion.  The  anion,  however,  of  the
two  loveffB  was  destroyed  by  the  jealousy  of  Pol3r[riie-
mas,  who  crushed  his  rival  with  a  fragment  of  rock,
which  he  rolled  on  him  from  an  overhanging  height.
