Earth

To gather strength from the earth. The reference is to Antæos, son of Poseiʹdon and Ge, a giant and wrestler of Libʹya (Africa). So long as he touched the earth his strength was irresistible. Herculēs, knowing this, lifted him into the air and crushed him to death. Near the town of Tingis, in Mauritaʹnia, is a hill in the shape of a man, and called The hill of Antœos. Tradition says it is the wrestler’s tomb. (See Malegea.)