Antæus, in Greek Mythology, a son of Poseidon and Gê, a huge giant in Libya, who challenged all strangers who came to his country to wrestle with him. No one could throw him, because every time he touched the earth, his mother, he received new strength. Hercules crushed him by lifting him up so that he could not touch the earth.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 304
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