Antaeus Syllabification: (An·tae·us)Pronunciation: /anˈtēəs, -ˈtā-/ Greek MythologyDefinition of Antaeus a giant, the son of Poseidon and Earth, who compelled all comers to wrestle with him, overcoming and killing them all them until he was defeated by Hercules. Antaeus in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Antaeus in the British & World English dictionary