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4 unusual facts about Antaeus


Antaeus

Antaeus appears in the Hercules episode "Hercules and the Hostage Crisis" voiced by Miguel Ferrer.

In Samuel Butler's novel The Way of All Flesh, Ernest Pontifex's aunt Alethea encourages him to learn carpentry "as a means of kissing the soil should his Hercules ever throw him;" that is, to learn a trade to live off of in case he chooses not to pursue the object of his studies, theology.

Ernst Barthel

From 1924 on Barthel edited the magazine Antäus. Blätter für neues Wirklichkeitsdenken (Antaeus. Journal for new Reality Thinking), which served as the organ of the Gesellschaft für Lebensphilosophie (Society for Life Philosophy) founded by him in Cologne.

Hercules and the Circle of Fire

While traveling, Hercules is attacked by a giant named Antaeus and with the help of Deianeira manages to kill him.


Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei

Proteo, Anteo, and Pietro Cavezzale are specialised in supporting Diver operations and in particular rescue of or from submarines in distress.


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