In Greek mythology, Antaea (), 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 looks 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.
"Antaea" was also another name for Stheneboea, wife of Proetus.
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