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Antaeus
A Libyan giant, son of Earth, invincible while touching the ground; Hercules crushed him aloft.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §9 Antaeus
The earth-born Libyan giant Hercules crushed by lifting him off the ground.
- Ibis §12 Antaeus
The Libyan giant who crushed strangers in wrestling, invincible while he touched his mother Earth, until Hercules ('the Aonian guest') held him aloft.
- Metamorphoses §9.248 Antaeus
The Libyan giant, son of Earth, invincible while touching his mother; Hercules crushed him by lifting him from the ground.