person
Antaeus
The Libyan giant whom Hercules crushed by lifting him from the earth, the source of his strength.
Reading notes
- Hercules (Mad) §493 Libyan Antaeus
The giant son of Earth, invincible while he touched the ground; Hercules crushed him aloft.
- Hercules on Oeta §1 Antaeus
The Libyan giant, invincible while touching his mother Earth, whom Hercules crushed by lifting him aloft.
- Hercules on Oeta §1789 Antaeus terrifies
Antaeus, the Libyan giant slain by Hercules; another tyrant whose heirs Alcmena dreads.
- Hercules on Oeta §1869 freed from Antaeus
Antaeus again, whose death freed Libya; its land is bidden to weep.