Crossword clues for antaeus
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Libyan giant slain by Herakles, from Greek Antaios, literally "opposite, opposed to, hostile," from anta "over against, face to face," related to anti "opposite, against" (see ante).
Wikipedia
Antaeus (, Antaîos, "Opponent"; ) was a figure in Greek and Berber mythology. In Greek sources, he was the son of Poseidon and Gaia. His wife was the goddess Tinge, and he had a daughter named Alceis or Barce. He was famed for his loss to Heracles as part of his 12 Labors.
Antaeus are a French black metal band.
Antaeus is the name of two fictional characters from DC Comics.
Antaeus was a literary quarterly founded by Daniel Halpern and Paul Bowles and edited by Daniel Halpern. It was originally published in Tangier, Morocco, but operations were later shifted to New York City. The first number appeared in the summer of 1970, the final issue (#75/76) in 1994. Beginning with the third issue, the magazine bore the imprint of the Ecco Press, which eventually became established as a book publisher. A small number of limited editions were also issued in conjunction with the magazine under the imprint of Antaeus Editions.
Particularly in its early years, Antaeus was known for its internationalist scope. Among its notable contributors were J. G. Ballard, Paul Bowles, Guy Davenport, Harry Mathews, Joyce Carol Oates, Breece D'J Pancake, Yannis Ritsos, Leslie Marmon Silko and Andrew Vachss.
Antaeus was a giant of Libya in Greek and Berber mythology.
Antaeus may also refer to:
- Antaeus (physician), a doctor of ancient Greece
- Antaeus (band), a French black metal band
- Antaeus (comics), two fictional characters from DC Comics
- Antaeus (magazine), a defunct American literary magazine
- Cocytius antaeus, a moth
- Antaeus (perfume), a fragrance for men produced by Chanel
- Antaeus (short story), by Borden Deal
- Antonov An-22 "Antaeus", a Soviet heavy transport aircraft
Antaeus is a short story by Borden Deal. It is named after the mythological figure Antaeus, a giant who was unconquerable as long as he touched the ground.
This story has appeared in many American and European school textbooks. It is an archetypal tale of rural ways clashing with urban lifestyles.
The story is about a boy named T.J. from Marion County, Alabama who moves to a city in the North. He organizes an effort by a gang of kids to grow a garden at the gang’s hideout, on top of a factory building. T.J. is a southern boy who has moved to a big city. He is lost until he finds a way to bring himself back home, by building a garden. His mother had needed more money to provide for her children. There has been no father mentioned.
After a lot of painstaking work, the kids are finally successful in cultivating grass, but are discovered on the rooftop by three strangers, including the building’s owner. The owner orders the garden to be shoveled off by one of the other strangers by the next day. Not wanting this to happen, T.J. destroys the garden himself, throwing the dirt and grass off the roof. He didn't want anyone to touch the garden, so ironically to protect it, he destroyed it.
After this sudden action T.J. leaves, and is not found for another two weeks. When the police do find him he is walking on the railroad tracks, heading home.
Antaeus is a men's perfume produced by French fashion house Chanel. Introduced in 1981, it was created by perfumer Jacques Polge. It was Chanel's second male fragrance after Chanel pour Monsieur, which was introduced in 1963. The fragrance was named after the mythic giant Antaeus.
Antaeus or Anthaeus was a physician of ancient Greece, whose outlandish remedy for rabies is mentioned by Pliny the Elder, and consisted of deriving a potion from the skull of a hanged man. One of his prescriptions is preserved by Galen. Nothing is known of the events of his life, but, as Pliny mentions him, he must have lived some time in or before the first century CE.
Usage examples of "antaeus".
On the one side were the green moire-touched troops that Antaeus had animated from the litter of Deep Fields.
Behind the shower of wood came Antaeus and, not so much at his heels as escorted by him, came Earthma.
The force of the cheerful, coherent sound resisted the moire that Antaeus directed toward them.
It wavered, but it did not warp, and with every futile attack Antaeus was diminished.
Lord of Entropy was not affected, nor was Earthma, but the latter was so stunned by the turn of events that she forgot her son for long enough that Antaeus was visibly diminished by its attempt to continue the assault.
I have considered the effects of our battle in Deep Fields on their plans and I believe that the loss of Antaeus will hurt them sorely.
With Antaeus in charge of Deep Fields, those troops could be ruled immune to the touch of moire.
It was the secret of the great wrestler Antaeus, the son of Terra, that he could not be thrown even by Hercules so long as his feet touched the earth.
If it had indulged freely in the abstractions of its practices, it would doubtless have suffered the fate of Antaeus, who was finally strangled in mid-air by a giant who came over the mountains.
Here was the secret of his power in the real world, the sweetly-flowering earth from which like Antaeus he periodically renewed his strength.
The human giants, if so they may be called, such as the Cyclopes, Antaeus, Orion, and others, must be supposed not to be altogether disproportioned to human beings, for they mingled in love and strife with them.
He thought more of Bernardo del Carpio because at Roncesvalles he slew Roland in spite of enchantments, availing himself of the artifice of Hercules when he strangled Antaeus the son of Terra in his arms.
Burghard yelled, and Doyle found himself pushed between Longwell and Stowell as the members of the Antaeus Brotherhood shifted their positions to form a loop.
He sat up on the ice, and as alertness washed hotly through him he became aware of the dagger transfixing his foot and the litter of lumber scuttling away from him to batter a couple of motionless human forms sprawled too far out to have been reached by the Antaeus chain.