Antaeus (Ανταίος), in Greek mythology son of Poseidon and the goddess of the earth Gaia, a giant. His seat is Libya, where he destroys foreigners, challenging them to battle. He was famous for invulnerability, but was invulnerable as long as he touched mother earth. There is no separate myth about Antaeus. He was included in the epic of the exploits of Hercules, about whom many legends were made, and various authors of antiquity gave us 12 of his famous exploits.

The eleventh feat brings us to the myth of Antaeus. Hercules goes to the Far West, where a tree grew on the ocean, bringing golden apples. This tree was in the fragrant garden of Atlanta, a giant, holding the vault of heaven on his shoulders. The daughters of the giant, the nymphs of Hesperides, looked after this tree. Hercules had to get three golden apples from this wonderful tree. And so, before Hercules managed to deceive Atlanta and get the apples of the Hesperides, he had to experience a series of adventures.

Heading to Atlanta, he had to pass through ancient Libya (northern Africa). There he was met by the giant Antaeus, who challenged him to fight. This son of Earth possessed irresistible strength, for as long as Antaeus touched Mother Earth, he became irresistible. But Hercules wrapped his arms around him, raised him high above the Earth, bent him and took his life. Torn off from the Earth, her son lost his power and therefore could no longer resist. So the great giant died, about whom various legends were later composed in folk epic.

In this short form the legend of Antaeus has come down to us from Apollodorus (2nd century BC). This author wrote the “Mythological Library” that has come down to us, in which he tried to expound Greek mythology, using the logograph data on the most ancient theogony before Theseus.

The popularity of the legend about Antaeus is also evidenced by the brief testimonies that have come down to us on various occasions by two authors long before Apollodorus: Pindar and Plato.

In the ninth Isthmian ode, dedicated to the winner of the competitions on the Isthmus of Corinth, Melissa, Pindar reports some curious individual information about Antaeus. The latter, according to the poet, reigned in Libya, in a country rich in wheat. Antaeus reigned there, having beautiful palaces, and “he covered the temple of Poseidon with the skulls of wanderers” who invaded this country from outside (Pindar, Istm. odes, IV, 9, 5).

In this message, two points are interesting, on which the poet fixes his attention: firstly, the wealth of the kingdom of Antaeus, the abundance of wheat, which in the eyes of a Greek, a representative of an infertile country, is presented as a source of abundance. And the second point is the complete independence of the kingdom of Antaeus from the outside world: anyone who invaded this country was killed.

In another testimony of Pindar, in honor of Telesicrates of Cyrene (Pindar, Pythic. odes, IX, II, 9), another interesting detail associated with internal family life Anthea. The king of Libya had the city of Irassu as his capital. In this city, a well-known in antiquity running competition was once organized, in which Greek heroes. Following the example of Danae in Argos, Antaeus started this competition in connection with the marriage of his daughter. “The curly-haired daughter of Antaeus”, says Pindar, was famous for her beauty. Famous heroes from the tribesmen and from the Greeks sought her hand. Antey decided to give his daughter to the one who would be the first to reach the finish line in the competition and touch his daughter's hand. According to legend, Alexidim "from the nomadic tribes" (probably from Numidia) was the first to come running and as a result became the husband of a famous Libyan woman.

A number of comments are scattered about Antaeus in the “Collection of Greek Epigrams” (Palatine Anthology), by Quintus of Smyrna, by the geographer Strabo (XVII, 82, § 9), Ovid (Metamorphoses, IX, 183), Pausanias (IX, 11, 6). More complete information from Diodorus Siculus, Plutarch, Callistratus. Other writers and poets of antiquity, such as, for example, Lucan in the Pharsalia (IV, 590), Statius in the Thebaid (VI, 893), Hyginus (in excerpts), these remarks about Antaeus are very fragmentary and sometimes, like Ovid, are reduced to a mention in just one line. This entire list of late authors suggests that Antaeus remained a popular non-swarm of antiquity well into later centuries.

Let's dwell on some. First of all, the messages of Diodorus Siculus are interesting, who in the first book of his Historical Library gives two digressions in connection with Antaeus. According to this author (Diodorus, Hist. bibl., Ι, 17, 3), the kingdom of Antaeus was founded by the Egyptian god Osiris, who made Hercules the lord of Heraclea, Busirida - the countries lying in the direction of Phoenicia, and Antaeus made the king of Libya and Ethiopia.

Elsewhere in this book (I, 17, 5), Diodorus reports that in classical antiquity there was a settlement of Antaeus, named after hero of the same name who died in battle with Hercules during the time of Osiris. In Eastern mythology, this settlement of Antaeus was located in Arabia, apparently not far from Egypt, and was famous for the fact that Osiris, the supreme god of Egypt, who was murdered villainously by his brother, was buried here.

The remarks of Diodorus cited are interesting in that they suggest a connection ancient myth about Antaeus with some similar story from Eastern mythology known in the era of this writer. It is highly probable, although it remains still unexplored, that this myth was also present among the peoples of Egypt and, even more realistically, in Babylonia (for example, in the myth of Gilgamesh). The study of mythological material in the folk epic of antiquity will have to reveal in more detail the various features of the image of Antaeus among individual peoples.

Let's stop now at interesting message Plutarch. About Antaeus, he leaves his remarks in the biography of Sertorius. “Sertorius,” Plutarch says, “besieged the city of Tingis ... according to African legends, the tomb of Antey was located here. Not believing the stories of the natives about his tall, Sertorius ordered to tear up his grave. It is said that he found a corpse sixty cubits long. In amazement, he made a sacrifice and ordered to bury the grave, which increased the respect for Antaeus and his fame.

The Tingis people tell a legend that after the death of Antaeus, his wife Tingida married Hercules. Their son Sophak became king in this country and founded a city, naming it after his mother. Sophak's son Diodorus reigned over many African peoples, since at his disposal was a Greek army recruited from the Olbians and Mycenaeans settled here by Hercules. All this informs us, - concludes Plutarch, - the historian Yuba "(Plutarch, Sertorius, 9).

It is characteristic that information about the formation after the death of Antaeus of the new capital of the Libyan kingdom in Tingis, in the north of Mauritania, was preserved for us only by Plutarch, who used the data of the historian of Yuba. Indirect evidence of this is also given by Strabo, who in his Geography, relying on the Roman historian Gabinius, says that the tomb of Antaeus was indeed located in Mauritania. True, he speaks of a tomb "near the city of Ling" (Geogr., XVII, 3, § 8), but this should indicate Tingis, which was actually not far from Ling.

It must be recognized that Plutarch's information about the continuation of the Anteus family in his kingdom is also interesting, since this reveals the genealogy of the Numidian kings. After all, according to Strabo, it is precisely the kind of Numidian kings that goes back to the kind of Antaeus. After the mythical Sophak and Diodorus, there are precisely those Numidian kings with whom Rome deals with her weapons.

Thus, the lost data of the historian of Yuba, partially transmitted by Plutarch in the biography of Sertorius, allow us to consider the myth of Antaeus as an Eastern myth, moreover, of Numidian origin. In any case, in the era of Yuba and Plutarch, the erection of the genealogy of the Numidian kings to the Anteus family, as well as the Roman emperors to the family of Aeneas-Yul, was widespread in literature.

Finally, one of the complete and complete descriptions of the myth of Antaeus is given by a representative of Greek rhetorical literature of the 2nd-3rd centuries. - Philostratus senior. This author, along with Philostratus the younger and Callistratus, left us interesting description works Greek art and especially vase painting. For us now special interest represents Philostratus the Elder, who left us a description of the painting "Antaeus".

- Antaeus, - says Philostratus, - “looks like some kind of wild beast; a little more, and he would have been like him both in the length of his body and in his breadth; his neck has grown into his shoulders, his arm is drawn back, as well as his shoulders, thus denoting strength. His chest and stomach are as if forged from iron; his crooked, nasty legs, although they give us an idea of ​​​​the strength of Antaeus, they also show how crudely he is knocked together, and that he has neither art nor elegance of form. In addition, Antaeus is still black, since the sun has painted him in this color with its rays.

“... You see them already in the struggle, or rather, those who have finished this struggle, and you see Hercules already the winner. He strangled him, lifting him above the ground, since the ground helped Antey in the fight, arching and lifting him like a lever when he fell to the ground. Not knowing what to do with the earth, Hercules grabbed Antey in the middle of the body, above the sigh, where the ribs are; put him directly on his thigh and, crossing both arms, pressed his elbow into his soft belly, where his breath was; he squeezed all the spirit out of him and killed him by pointing his own sharp ribs at his liver. You see how Antaeus screams plaintively and looks at the earth, which can no longer help him in anything, and Hercules, in the consciousness of his strength, smiles, rejoicing at what he has done ”(Philostratus, II, 21, 5).

If the myth of Antaeus usually ends here, Philostratus does not. He continues it in order to somehow show revenge on Hercules for the death of Antaeus. He paints another picture called "Hercules among the Pygmies", which shows the trial of Hercules after the death of Antaeus.

The description of this picture is so artistic and interesting that we will also give it in detail.

“When Hercules was sleeping in Libya after his victory over Antaeus, the pygmies attacked him, saying that they wanted to avenge Antaeus; they claim that they are the brothers of Antaeus, of the same birth as him; they are not athletes, they are not equal in the fight against him, but just like him, they were born by the earth, and in general they strong beings: when they come out of the earth, like waves, the sand is agitated from the very bottom "

“... But what kind of courage do they have? They decided to attack Hercules and kill him when he was sleeping, and they were supposed to be afraid of him even when he was not awake. Hercules sleeps on soft sand, as fatigue has seized him, and he breathes with all his chest during sleep. open mouth, all filled with sleep. The dream itself stands beside him in human form, putting himself in great honor that he fell Hercules. Antaeus also lies here, but the art of the artist managed to depict Hercules alive and warm, and Antaeus as dead, frozen, showing that in this form he was only given to the earth.

The army of the pygmies surrounded Hercules, one of their phalanx goes to war on his left hand, two other detachments attack the stronger right, and both his legs are besieged by arrows and a crowd of slingers, horrified at the sight of Hercules' calves. Those who go to war on his head move cars as if to some kind of fortress, fire is applied to the hair, and doors, I think, to the nose, so that Hercules could not even breathe when his head is captured. This is what they do near the sleeping one ”(Philostratus, II, 22, 1-4).

This is the final picture of the myth about Antaeus that occupies us in the description of Philostratus.

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antey in the crossword dictionary

New explanatory and derivational dictionary of the Russian language, T. F. Efremova.

antaeus

m. A giant hero who defeated everyone in single combat, drawing strength from contact with mother earth, and defeated Ge-

Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1998

antaeus

in Greek mythology, a giant, the ruler of Libya, the son of the god Poseidon and the goddess of the earth, Gaia. Was invincible while in contact with mother earth. Strangled by Hercules, who tore him off the ground.

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antaeus

(Greek) - a giant, the son of Poseidon and Gaia (Earth), the ruler of Libya. He was invincible as long as he touched his mother Earth, which gave him new strength. Hercules, on the way to the garden of the Hesperides (the eleventh feat of the hero), met A. and killed him, tearing him off the ground and strangling him in the air.

Antey

V ancient Greek mythology giant, ruler of Libya, son of Poseidon and Gaia (Earth). A. was irresistible in single combat as long as he was in contact with mother earth. He was defeated by Hercules, who tore A. off the ground and, lifting him into the air, strangled him.

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Antey

Antey in Greek mythology - a giant, the son of Poseidon, who received irresistible power from contact with his mother Gaia - the earth. King of Libya.

According to Ferekid, his wife is Ifinoe, according to Plutarch, her name was Tingis. In the city of Irasa, he arranged a competition for the suitors of his daughter.

Antaeus forced all strangers to fight him and killed everyone he defeated in the fight. He built a temple to Poseidon from the skulls of those he defeated.

Defeated by Hercules. At the meeting, Antaeus demanded that Hercules also fight him. No one could defeat Antey in single combat, not knowing the secret from where the giant received more and more strength during the struggle. The secret was this: when Antaeus felt that he was beginning to lose strength, he touched the earth, his mother, and his strength was renewed: he drew them from his mother, the great goddess of the earth. During the battle, Hercules knocked him to the ground several times, but Antaeus only increased his strength. But suddenly, during the struggle, the mighty Hercules lifted Antaeus high into the air, his strength dried up, and Hercules either strangled him or killed him by breaking his back. Hercules made Libya more favorable for life.

Single combat was depicted among other feats on the pediment of the temple of Hercules in Thebes. The tomb of Antaeus was located next to Lynx, the skeleton of 60 cubits in length was opened by Sertorius and ordered to be covered with earth again.

Actor the plays of Phrynichus "Antey, or the Libyans" and the play of Aristius "Antey", the comedies of Antiphanes "Antey".

Antaeus (disambiguation)

Antey:

• Antey in Greek mythology - a giant, the son of Gaia and Poseidon, who received irresistible strength from contact with the earth

• Antey - summer theater in Moscow, built by the architect Shekhtel in 1886
• Antey - transport aircraft An-22
• Antey - a class of Russian submarines
• NPO "Antey" - an association of enterprises, created in 1983, in 2002, through a merger with other enterprises, it was transformed into the "Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern"
• Antey is a communication center of the Russian Navy, located in Belarus
• Antei is the era of Japanese traditional reckoning.

Antey (NGO)

NPO "Antey" (Research and Production Association "Antey") - an association of enterprises established in 1983 in accordance with the order of the Minister of the Radio-Electronic Industry of the USSR No. 640.

NPO "Antey" at that time consisted of three enterprises:

• Research Electromechanical Institute,
• Research Institute "Strela"
• plant "Arsenal".

In 1988, NPO Antey already included nine enterprises, including the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant and the Mari Mashinostroitel.

In 1991, due to changes in the legislation, NPO Antey was transformed into Concern "Antey"

Government Decree Russian Federation from 01.12. 1994 No. 1309 on the basis of the Concern "Antey" was created AOOT Industrial company "Concern" Antey "" with the fixing of 100% of its shares in federal ownership. The structure of the concern already consisted of fifteen enterprises.

In 2002, the implementation of the Federal Target Program "Reforming and developing the military-industrial complex (2002-2006)" was launched, which is based on the formation of vertically integrated structures from among the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Russia.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 412 dated April 23, 2002, JSC Industrial Company Concern Antey was further expanded through a merger with NPO Almaz and other enterprises and renamed into Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern. It included forty-six industrial and research enterprises and organizations.

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Forget about weightlessness Antey slammed his fist on the armrest, flew up to the length of the straps, pulled himself back into the chair.

Without taking his eyes off the still empty perforated darkness of space, Antey quickly warmed up coffee in a tube, prepared a nutritious briquette.

It was not the famous Baikonur, from where heavy interplanetary spacecraft still continue to fly, but that obscure patch in the middle of the burnt yellow steppe, before general disarmament, a former missile range, where Antey underwent practice.

Bye Antey choosing words worthy of a novice cosmonaut, Tipkovichev fiddled with his personal console and said: - Allow me to answer for Shimanovsky?

As it were, Anthea put in a ship, and powerful engines carried it out of the solar system.

He was two or three times smaller Anthea, but under a shiny, baggy bubbling spacesuit, a structure similar to a man was guessed.

But right before your eyes Anthea a foggy streak ran past, obscuring the concentrated figure, frozen in a tortured pose.

The general got up and went to Antaeus, with a soldier's directness unexpectedly embraced and pressed to the orders with iron hands.

And nearby, led from the bunker by a volunteer Anteem, then still a first-year rookie, clumsily paced a servo-automatic device and from time to time corrected the cable knot with a crowbar.

The control was short-lived, the walking portal crane grabbed the loader with its grabs, lifted it up like Hercules unlucky Anthea, opened the gateway leading into space, and wanted to throw it out.

And the first was Shalbrot, Shalbrot gave birth to Sarabrot, Sarabrot gave birth to Faribrot, Faribrot gave birth to Khurtali, the great hunter of soups, who reigned during the flood, Khurtali gave birth to Nimrod, Nimvrod gave birth to Atlas, who supported the sky with his shoulders so that it would not fall, Atlas gave birth to Goliath, Goliath gave birth Eryx, the first conjurer, Eryx begat Titus, Titus begat Erion, Erion begat Polyphemus, Polyphemus begat Kaka, As he begat Etion, the first to catch a bad disease, because he did not drink cold wine in the summer, about which we have the testimony of Bertakino, Etion begat Enkelades, Enkelad begat Caeus, Kay begat Typhon, Typhon begat Aloei, Aloei begat Oth, Ot begat Aegeon, Aegeon begat Briareus with a hundred arms, Briareus begat Porphyrion, Porphyrion begat Adamastor, Adamastor begat Anthea, Antaeus gave birth to Agathon, Agathon gave birth to Por, with whom Alexander the Great fought, Por gave birth to Aranth, Aranth gave birth to Gabbara, who established the custom of drinking for someone's health, Gabbara gave birth to Goliath Sekundilsky, Goliath gave birth to Offot, who thanks to him long nose was really

Thanatos waved his hand to the side Anthea, and from the disintegrating moire suddenly came the quiet voice of Marcon, who agreed to accept death from Terrama: - You can't deny it.

With a lion, with a deer, with a hydra and with an Aetolian boar, with the birds of Stymphal, with Anteem I'd rather fight, but not with love.

Actually, you were a real burglar, - the honest Anthea.

My thundering steamer is fighting the sea, as Antey, With bulkheads creaking, Like a big and old box, And partly consisting Of unbroken parts.

ANTEY

ANTEY

(Greek mythol.) a giant, the son of Poseidon and Gaia (Earth), who, as long as he touched the earth, was irresistible. Hercules strangled him by lifting him into the air.

Dictionary foreign words included in the Russian language. - Pavlenkov F., 1907 .

ANTEY

According to Greek mythology, a giant, the son of Poseidon and Gaia (the goddess of the earth), who received new powers from touching the earth, his mother, and therefore always defeated his opponents; Hercules lifted him into the air and then strangled him.

Dictionary of foreign words included in the Russian language. - Chudinov A.N., 1910 .

ANTEY

According to Greek mythology, a giant who received new powers from touching the earth, his mother. Hercules lifted him into the air and strangled him.

Explanation of 25,000 foreign words that have come into use in the Russian language, with the meaning of their roots. - Mikhelson A.D., 1865 .

ANTEY

in Greek myth. the son of Poseidon and Hera (the goddess of the earth), who, descending to the ground, drew incredible strength from it. Hercules strangled him by lifting him into the air.

A complete dictionary of foreign words that have come into use in the Russian language. - Popov M., 1907 .

Antey

(gr. antaios) in ancient Greek mythology - a giant hero, the son of Poseidon and gays; A. was invincible in the fight as long as he touched the ground - his mother; was defeated by Hercules, who tore him off the ground and strangled him in the air.

New dictionary foreign words.- by EdwART,, 2009 .

Antey

[gr. ] - in ancient Greek mythology - famous hero, the son of Poseidon - the god of the seas and Gaia - the goddess of the earth; according to legend, Antaeus was invincible in the fight, as long as he touched the ground - his mother; was defeated by Hercules, who tore him off the ground and strangled him in the air

Big Dictionary foreign words.- Publishing house "IDDK", 2007 .

Antey

(te), I, m., shower, With capital letter (Greek Antaios).
In ancient Greek mythology: a giant hero, the son of Poseidon and gay.
| A. was invincible in the fight as long as he touched the ground - his mother; was defeated by Hercules, who tore him off the ground and strangled him in the air.

Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words L. P. Krysina.- M: Russian language, 1998 .

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- (Antaeus, Ανται̃ος) .. Libyan (i.e. African) giant, son of Poseidon and Gaia. He was invincible as long as he touched his mother earth. Hercules, learning about this, lifted him off the ground and killed him. (Source: " Concise Dictionary mythology and antiquities. Encyclopedia of mythology

Antey- (Novosibirsk, Russia) Hotel category: 3 star hotel Address: Pisareva Street 89, Novosibirsk … Hotel catalog

- (inosk.) tireless (allusion to Antaeus the giant). Wed (After his desperate witticisms) Lyzganov is taken out of the living room, locked in the office and released from there after two minutes, during which, like the giant Antey, he gains new strength ... Michelson's Big Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary (original spelling)

From ancient Greek mythology. Antaeus the giant, son of Poseidon (god of the seas) and Gaia (goddess of the earth). Usually, in single combat, he defeated all his opponents, because at a difficult moment he touched the ground, his mother, and thus drew new strength for the fight. ... ... Dictionary winged words and expressions

In Greek mythology, a Libyan giant, the son of Poseidon and the goddess of the earth, Gaia. He forced strangers to engage in single combat with him; touching the ground, he gained new strength and always defeated his opponents. He was strangled by Hercules (see). Literary ... ... Literary Encyclopedia

Antaeus forced all strangers to fight him and killed everyone he defeated in the fight. He built a temple to Poseidon from the skulls of those he defeated.

Single combat was depicted among other exploits on the pediment of the Temple of Hercules at Thebes. Antey's grave was located next to Lynx, Sertorius opened the skeleton 60 cubits long and ordered it to be covered with earth again.

The protagonist of the play Phrynichus "Antaeus, or the Libyans" and the play by Aristius "Antaeus", the comedy Antifan "Antaeus".

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Nine days after leaving Moscow, a messenger from Kutuzov arrived in Petersburg with official news of the abandonment of Moscow. This one was sent by the Frenchman Michaud, who did not know Russian, but quoique etranger, Busse de c?ur et d "ame, [however, although a foreigner, but Russian at heart,] as he himself said to himself.
The emperor immediately received the messenger in his office, in the palace of Kamenny Island. Michaud, who had never seen Moscow before the campaign and who did not know Russian, was still moved when he appeared before notre tres gracieux souverain [our most merciful lord] (as he wrote) with the news of the fire of Moscow, dont les flammes eclairaient sa route [whose flame lit his way].
Although the source of Mr. Michaud's chagrin [grief] must have been different than the one from which the grief of the Russian people flowed, Michaud had such a sad face when he was brought into the sovereign's office that the sovereign immediately asked him:
- M "apportez vous de tristes nouvelles, colonel? [What news did you bring me? Bad, colonel?]
- Bien tristes, sire, - answered Michaud, lowering his eyes with a sigh, - l "abandon de Moscou. [Very bad, Your Majesty, leaving Moscow.]
– Aurait on livre mon ancienne capitale sans se battre? [Did they betray my ancient capital without a battle?] - suddenly flaring up, the sovereign quickly spoke.
Michaud respectfully conveyed what he was ordered to convey from Kutuzov - namely, that it was not possible to fight near Moscow and that, since there was only one choice - to lose the army and Moscow or Moscow alone, the field marshal had to choose the latter.
The sovereign listened in silence, without looking at Michaud.
- L "ennemi est il en ville? [Did the enemy enter the city?] - he asked.
- Oui, sire, et elle est en cendres a l "heure qu" il est. Je l "ai laissee toute en flammes, [Yes, your majesty, and he is currently on fire. I left him in flames.] Michaud said decisively; but, looking at the sovereign, Michaud was horrified at what he had done. The emperor began to breathe heavily and often, his lower lip trembled, and beautiful Blue eyes instantly wet with tears.
But it only lasted one minute. The emperor suddenly frowned, as if condemning himself for his weakness. And, raising his head, he turned to Michaud in a firm voice.
“Je vois, colonel, par tout ce qui nous arrive,” he said, “que la providence exige de grands sacrifices de nous… Je suis pret a me soumettre a toutes ses volontes; mais dites moi, Michaud, comment avez vous laisse l "armee, en voyant ainsi, sans coup ferir abandonner mon ancienne capitale? N" avez vous pas apercu du decouragement? .. [I see, colonel, in everything that happens, what providence requires great sacrifices from us ... I am ready to submit to his will; but tell me, Michaud, how did you leave an army that left my ancient capital without a fight? Did you notice her low spirits?]
Seeing the calmness of his tres gracieux souverain, Michaud also calmed down, but to the sovereign’s direct, essential question, which required a direct answer, he had not yet had time to prepare an answer.
– Sire, me permettrez vous de vous parler franchement en loyal militaire? [Sovereign, will you allow me to speak frankly, as befits a real warrior?] – he said to gain time.
- Colonel, je l "exige toujours," said the sovereign. "Ne me cachez rien, je veux savoir absolument ce qu" il en est. [Colonel, I always demand this... Don't hide anything, I certainly want to know the whole truth.]
– Sir! Michaud said with a thin, barely perceptible smile on his lips, having managed to prepare his answer in the form of a light and respectful jeu de mots [pun]. – Sir! j "ai laisse toute l" armee depuis les chefs jusqu "au dernier soldat, sans exception, dans une crainte epouvantable, effrayante ... [Sir! I left the entire army, from the commanders to the last soldier, without exception, in the great, desperate fear…]
– Comment ca? - strictly frowning, interrupted the sovereign. - Mes Russes se laisseront ils abattre par le malheur ... Jamais! .. [How so? Can my Russians lose heart before failure… Never!..]
This was just what Michaud was waiting for to insert his play on words.
“Sire,” he said with respectful playfulness, “ils craignent seulement que Votre Majeste par bonte de c?ur ne se laisse persuader de faire la paix.” Ils brulent de combattre, - said the representative of the Russian people, - et de prouver a Votre Majeste par le sacrifice de leur vie, combien ils lui sont devoues... . They are eager to fight again and prove to Your Majesty by the sacrifice of their lives how devoted they are to you…]

Antey Antey

(Antaeus, Ανται̃ος).. Libyan (i.e. African) giant, son of Poseidon and Gaia. He was invincible as long as he touched his mother earth. Hercules, learning about this, lifted him off the ground and killed him.

(Source: "A Brief Dictionary of Mythology and Antiquities." M. Korsh. St. Petersburg, edition of A. S. Suvorin, 1894.)

(Άνταίος), in Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and the goddess of the earth Gaia, a giant. His seat is Libya, where he destroys foreigners, challenging them to battle. He was famous for invulnerability, but was invulnerable as long as he touched mother earth. Hercules, on the way to the garden of the Hesperides, met A. and defeated him, tearing him off the ground and strangling him in the air (Lucan. Pharsal. IV 593-653). The myth about A. reflects the struggle of heroes with the world of chthonic monsters. The victory over A. was depicted on the pediment of the temple of Hercules in Thebes (Paus. IX 11, 6).
A. t.-g.

(Source: "Myths of the peoples of the world".)

The giant, the ruler of Libya, the son of the god of the seas Poseidon and the goddess of the earth Gaia. Called to battle all who appeared in his domain, and was invincible while in contact with mother earth. Strangled by Hercules, who tore him off the ground.

// Seamus HEANIE: Antaeus

(Source: "Myths of Ancient Greece. Dictionary Reference." EdwART, 2009.)

Sculptural group A. Pollaiolo.
Bronze.
About 1475.
Florence.
National Museum.

Painting of the red-figure Euphronius crater.
510505 BC e.
Paris.
Louvre.

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- (Greek mythol.) a giant, the son of Poseidon and Gaia (Earth), who, as long as he touched the earth, was irresistible. Hercules strangled him by lifting him into the air. Dictionary of foreign words included in the Russian language. Pavlenkov F., 1907. ANTEY By ... ... Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language

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- (inosk.) tireless (allusion to Antaeus the giant). Wed (After his desperate witticisms) Lyzganov is taken out of the living room, locked in the office and released from there after two minutes, during which, like the giant Antey, he gains new strength ... Michelson's Big Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary (original spelling)

From ancient Greek mythology. Antaeus the giant, son of Poseidon (god of the seas) and Gaia (goddess of the earth). Usually, in single combat, he defeated all his opponents, because at a difficult moment he touched the ground, his mother, and thus drew new strength for the fight. ... ... Dictionary of winged words and expressions

In Greek mythology, a Libyan giant, the son of Poseidon and the goddess of the earth, Gaia. He forced strangers to engage in single combat with him; touching the ground, he gained new strength and always defeated his opponents. He was strangled by Hercules (see). Literary ... ... Literary Encyclopedia

Antheus, in Greek mythology, a giant, the son of Poseidon and Gaia. Was invincible while in contact with mother earth. Hercules defeated Antaeus, tearing him off the ground and strangling him in the air ... Modern Encyclopedia