Definition of Anti

• Anti (mythology), was the ferryman who carried Isis to Set's island in Egyptian mythology.
• Anti, or Campa, a tribe of South American Indians.
• ANTI-, American record label.
• Antiparticle, a particle with the same mass but opposite charges in particle physics.
• Anti addition in organic chemistry
• Anti, a punk rock band from the 1980s
• ANTi-[1], American t-shirt company
• ANTI - Contemporary Art Festival, a yearly international live-art festival held in Kuopio, Finland.

ANTI- is a sister label of Epitaph Records that was launched in 1999. Epitaph's focus is mostly on punk rock, whereas ANTI- has a more diverse roster, ranging from hip hop (Blackalicious) through reggae (Buju Banton) and country (Merle Haggard) to indie rock (Elliott Smith, for the release of his posthumous final album), among other genres.

This article is about the god of Greek mythology. For the musical band, see Antaeus (band). For LA-based electronica DJ/artist/producer, see Antaeus (electronica). For the publication, see Antaeus (magazine).

Antaeus in Greek and Berber mythology was a giant of Libya, the son of Poseidon and Gaia, and his wife was Tinjis. He was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground (his mother earth), but once lifted into the air he became as weak as water. He would challenge all passers-by to wrestling matches, kill them, and collect their skulls, so that he might one day build out of them a temple to his father Poseidon. Heracles, finding that he could not beat Antaeus by throwing him to the ground, as he would regain his strength and be fortified, discovered the secret of his power (touching the ground) and held Antaeus aloft and crushed him in a bearhug (Apollodorus ii. 5; Hyginus, Fab. 31). The myth of Antaeus has been used as a symbol of the spiritual strength which accrues when one rests one's faith on the immediate fact of things. The struggle between Antaeus and Heracles is a favorite subject in ancient sculpture.