in his book of 1605:
Don Quixote’s
Dulcinea.
So there you have it.
An idea becomes a character in Greek mythology.
That character is borrowed twice by Cervantes: once as Galatea, then again as Dulcinea.
Don Quixote’s
Dulcinea.
So there you have it.
An idea becomes a character in Greek mythology.
That character is borrowed twice by Cervantes: once as Galatea, then again as Dulcinea.
George Bernard Shaw
names his Galatea/Dulcinea
‘Eliza Doolittle’ and his play ‘Pygmalion,’ after the Greek sculptor in the original, timeless story.
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Each of us pursues our own Galatea, that glittering star
by which we set the course and direction of our life.
Dream the impossible dream.
And sail on.
Roy H. Williams
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“What do we know about the goddesses, those elusive female figures,
stronger than human males, more dangerous than male deities,
stronger than human males, more dangerous than male deities,
who represent not real women but the dreams of real men?”
– Alice Bach,
Women in the Hebrew Bible, p. xvii
Women in the Hebrew Bible, p. xvii