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Antaeus
Antaeus (, ''Antaîos'', "Opponent"; ) was a figure in Greek and Berber mythology. In Greek sources, he was the half-giant son of Poseidon and Gaia.〔Apollodorus, (2.5.11 )〕〔Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' (31 ).〕 His wife was the goddess Tinge, and he had a daughter named Alceis or Barce. He was famed for his loss to Hercules during that demigod's 12 Labors.
==Mythology==
Antaeus would challenge all passers-by to wrestling matches and remained invincible as long as he remained in contact with his mother, the earth. As Greek wrestling, like its modern equivalent, typically attempted to force opponents to the ground, he always won, killing his opponents. He built a temple to his father using their skulls. Antaeus fought Hercules as he was on his way to the Garden of Hesperides as his 11th Labor. Hercules realized that he could not beat Antaeus by throwing or pinning him. Instead, he held him aloft and then crushed him to death in a bearhug.〔Pseudo-Apollodorus, ''Bibliotheke'' ii. 5.〕〔Hyginus, ''Fabula'' 31.〕
The contest between Hercules and Antaeus was a favored subject in ancient and Renaissance sculpture.
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