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Antaeus

Antaeus. A king of Irasa, a town in the territory of Cyrene, who was sometimes identified by the ancients with the giant Antaeus. He had a daughter Alceis or Barce, whom he promised to him who should conquer in the foot race. The prize was won by Alexidamus. (Pind. Pyti. ix. 183, &c., with the Schol.). A third personage of this name occurs in Virg. Aen. x. 561.

A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith)
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