Antaea

{{Short description|Epithet of Demeter, Rhea and Cybele}}

In Greek mythology, Antaea ({{langx|grc|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).Orphic Hymn to Mother Antaia (40), 1; Apollonius of Rhodes 1.1141; Hesychius of Alexandria, Ἀνταία. It may also have to do with Cybele's hostility to the Telchines.{{cite book | last =Apollonius of Rhodes | authorlink =Apollonius of Rhodes | translator-last=Preston | translator-first=William | title =The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius | publisher =Press of C. Whittingham | volume =1 | date =1822 | pages =230 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=KSVAAAAAYAAJ }}

"Antaea" was also another name for Stheneboea, wife of Proetus.{{cite book | last =Kirk | first =Geoffrey Stephen | authorlink = Geoffrey Stephen Kirk | title =Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures | publisher =University of California Press | series =Sather classical lectures | date =1973 | pages =180 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=MXtfRwFwGzMC | isbn = 9780520023895 }}