Talos
Also known as: Talus
Basic account
The bronze guardian of Crete: automaton giant with a single vein of ichor.
Account
Talos is a giant of bronze who walks the coast of Crete three times a day and throws rocks at approaching ships. He was not born.
Motifs
- Made, not born
- The giant as guardian
- The body nothing pierces
- Defeated by cunning
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What is disputed
What Talos originally was is unsettled.
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Sources
- Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica IV.1638-1688
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