In Greek mythology, Galene (Ancient Greek Γαλήνη, "calm weather" or "tranquility") is a minor sea goddess and Nereid who personifies calm seas. Hesiod names her among the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris; Pausanias saw a statue of Galene beside Thalassa in the temple of Poseidon at Corinth. She is sometimes linked with, but kept distinct from, her sister Galatea.
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I.Nereid of calm seas
Hesiod (Theogony 244) enumerates Galene among the Nereids. Euripides mentions "Galaneia" as a daughter of Pontus, and Callimachus refers to "Galenaia," extending the calm-sea personification beyond the Hesiodic list. Pausanias (2.1.9) records a statue of Galene next to Thalassa among the offerings in Poseidon's temple at Corinth.
Modern scholarship sometimes notes a possible identity with Galatea; the atlas keeps Galene (galene) and the Sicilian Nereid Galatea (galatea-nymph) as separate nodes.
II.Other Galenes
A maenad named Galene appears on a vase painting — a cultic namesake, not this sea nymph. The main-belt asteroid 427 Galene takes its name from the mythological figure.