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Antaeus fought Heracles as he was on his way to the Garden of Hesperides as his 11th Labour. Heracles 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 bear hug .
23 de ene. de 2018 · After he killed Antaeus, Hercules proceeded safely back to his taskmaster, King Eurystheus . Incidentally, the modern American hero and demigod Percy Jackson, in the eponymous series, written by Rick Riordan, also defeats Antaeus by suspending him above the earth.
11 de sept. de 2023 · In the most familiar account, Heracles soon caught on that Antaeus was invincible as long as he was in contact with the earth, so he simply lifted him into the air in order to kill him. The Roman epic poet Lucan describes how Heracles. lifted on high the giant who struggled to gain the ground.
Antaeus was a son of Gaea of the Earth, and it was from her that he drew his invincible strength. When Heracles encountered him in the ring, Athena advised the him to lift the giant up from the earth in the contest. He did so, and weakening the monster was able to crush his ribs and kill 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. Antonio Pollaiuolo: Hercules and Antaeus.
Heracles killed Antaeus the giant who was immortal while touching the earth, by picking him up and holding him in the air while strangling him. Pygmies tried to kill Heracles because they were brothers of Antaeus and wanted to avenge Antaeus's death, but failed.
During this same journey, Heracles killed Busiris, the king of Egypt, and Emathion, the king of Arabia; afterward, he defeated the giant Antaeus whom he reared and locked in a bear hug so that he is unable to draw strength from his mother, the Earth – a trait which had practically made him invincible in the past.
