In Greek mythology, Antaea (Greek: Ἀνταία), Antaia, or Antea, was an epithet of the goddesses Demeter, Rhea, and Cybele. Its meaning is unclear but it probably signifies a goddess whom man may approach in prayers, this name look like "ain tinea" the berbere queen of Algerian desert (Tin Hinan).[1] It may also have to do with Cybele's hostility to the Telchines.[2]
"Antaea" was also another name for Stheneboea, wife of Proetus.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ Orphic Hymn to Mother Antaia (40), 1; Apollonius of Rhodes 1.1141; Hesychius of Alexandria, Ἀνταία.
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes (1822). The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius. Vol. 1. Translated by Preston, William. Press of C. Whittingham. p. 230.
- ^ Kirk, Geoffrey Stephen (1973). Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures. Sather classical lectures. University of California Press. p. 180. ISBN 9780520023895.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Antaea". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 181.
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