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Antaeus

deity earth Libyan corroborated · 4

Antaeus is the son of Poseidon and Gaia, and the child of Tinjis. According to Plutarch, the Amazigh believed that Heracles consorted with Tinjis after the death of Antaeus.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
100 CE
Attested period
100 – 2020
Historical notes
Archaeological interest since the 19th century.

Relationships

co occurs with
Sufax, Gaea
parent of
Alceis, Barce, Iphinoe
enemy of
Heracles
serves
Poseidon
allied with
Nephthys
child of
Gaia, Tinjis, Poseidon, Gaea

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Tinjis
  2. Qaw el-Kebir
encyclopedia (2)
  1. Antaeus (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Antæus (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Tinjis' husband was the son of Poseidon and Gaia. Tinjis bore Antaeus daughters named Alceis or Barce and probably Iphinoe who mothered Palaemon by the hero Heracles. The historian and archaeologist Mustapha Ouachi noticed that the city Tangier is geographically related to its myth.”

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“In cliffside quarries not far from the ancient site, visitors can see notable reliefs of both Antaeus and Nephthys.”

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“ANTAEUS, in Greek mythology, a giant of Libya, the son of Poseidon and Gaea.”

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“ANTAEUS, in Greek mythology, a giant of Libya, the son of Poseidon and Gaea. He compelled all strangers passing through the country to wrestle with him, and as, when thrown, he derived fresh strength from each successive contact with his mother earth, he proved invincible.”

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