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Antaeus
is always a great word to know.
So is Elysium. Does it mean:
| one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for lasciviousness |
| the abode of the blessed after death |
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Antaeus
Libyan giant slain by Herakles, from Gk. Antaios, lit. "opposite, opposed to, hostile."
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Antaeus
in Greek mythology, a giant of Libya, the son of the sea god Poseidon and the Earth goddess Gaea. He compelled all strangers who were passing through the country to wrestle with him. Whenever Antaeus touched the Earth (his mother), his strength was renewed, so that even if thrown to the ground, he was invincible. Heracles, in combat with him, discovered the source of his strength and, lifting him up from Earth, crushed him to death.
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