He carelessly lifted his club , and balanced it in his hand , measuring Antaeus with his eye , from head to foot , not as if wonder-smitten at his stature , but as if he had seen a great many Giants before , and this was by no means the biggest of them . In fact , if the Giant had been no bigger than the Pygmies -LRB- who stood pricking up their ears , and looking and listening to what was going forward -RRB- , the stranger could not have been less afraid of him . `` Who are you , I say ? '' roared Antaeus again . `` What 's your name ? Why do you come hither ? Speak , you vagabond , or I 'll try the thickness of your skull with my walking-stick ! '' `` You are a very discourteous Giant , '' answered the stranger quietly , `` and I shall probably have to teach you a little civility , before we part . As for my name , it is Hercules . I have come hither because this is my most convenient road to the garden of the Hesperides , whither I am going to get three of the golden apples for King Eurystheus . '' `` Caitiff , you shall go no farther ! '' bellowed Antaeus , putting on a grimmer look than before ; for he had heard of the mighty Hercules , and hated him because he was said to be so strong . `` Neither shall you go back whence you came ! '' `` How will you prevent me , '' asked Hercules , `` from going whither I please ? '' `` By hitting you a rap with this pine tree here , '' shouted Antaeus , scowling so that he made himself the ugliest monster in Africa . `` I am fifty times stronger than you ; and now that I stamp my foot upon the ground , I am five hundred times stronger ! I am ashamed to kill such a puny little dwarf as you seem to be . I will make a slave of you , and you shall likewise be the slave of my brethren here , the Pygmies . So throw down your club and your other weapons ; and as for that lion 's skin , I intend to have a pair of gloves made of it . '' `` Come and take it off my shoulders , then , '' answered Hercules , lifting his club .
Then the Giant , grinning with rage , strode tower-like towards the stranger -LRB- ten times strengthened at every step -RRB- , and fetched a monstrous blow at him with his pine tree , which Hercules caught XXXXX his club ; and being more skilful than Antaeus , he paid him back such a rap upon the sconce , that down tumbled the great lumbering man-mountain , flat upon the ground .
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