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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A giant wrestler who could not be defeated as long as he remained in contact with the earth. Hercules defeated him by lifting him off the ground.
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Her poems were published in Antaeus, The Atlantic Monthly, Carleton Miscellany, The Nation, The New Yorker, Paris Review, The Saturday Review, Parnassus and Poetry.
may swenson | analysis of baseball « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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Hostile Waters also called Antaeus Rising in the USA was released in 2001 to rave reviews, a very well-received demo and lots of attention.
Wertzone Classics: Hostile Waters Adam Whitehead 2009
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Hostile Waters also called Antaeus Rising in the USA was released in 2001 to rave reviews, a very well-received demo and lots of attention.
Archive 2009-10-01 Adam Whitehead 2009
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Also known as the Antaeus, the An-22 can carry 60 tonnes of cargo and 300 soldiers with infantry weapons or 151 paratroopers.
BBC News - Home 2010
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In Africa the poet introduces Curio inquiring after the story of Hercules and Antaeus, which is recounted to him by one of the natives, and after - wards relates the particulars of his being circumvented, de - feated, and killed by Juba.
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If you can conjure something of substance from the flux of your life—if you can anchor yourself in the earth, like Antaeus, the mythical giant who grew stronger every time his feet touched the ground—you are at home in the world, at least for that meal.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Or if not physics, the Greek club, since like Antaeus the V-Wagon maintains an Olympian grip on the earth and draws strength from it.
Cadillac's Insane, Unnecessary, Awesome Wagon Dan Neil 2011
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If you can conjure something of substance from the flux of your life—if you can anchor yourself in the earth, like Antaeus, the mythical giant who grew stronger every time his feet touched the ground—you are at home in the world, at least for that meal.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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We may have just such a person on our hands -- pious but pragmatic, maneuvering between homilies, always touching down, Antaeus-like, for strength at his backwoods base.
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We may have just such a person on our hands -- pious but pragmatic, maneuvering between homilies, always touching down, Antaeus-like, for strength at his backwoods base.
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