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hreflang="ca" data-title="Talos" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talos_(Riese)" title="Talos (Riese) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Talos (Riese)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talos" title="Talos – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Talos" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%89%CF%82_(%CE%BC%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1)" title="Τάλως (μυθολογία) – Greek" 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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Talos_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Talos (disambiguation)">Talos (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Phaistos_coin_anchor"></span></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Didrachm_Phaistos_obverse_CdM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Didrachm_Phaistos_obverse_CdM.jpg/220px-Didrachm_Phaistos_obverse_CdM.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" 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Obverse of silver <a href="/wiki/Ancient_drachma" title="Ancient drachma">didrachma</a> from <a href="/wiki/Phaistos" title="Phaistos">Phaistos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 300/280–270 BC) (<a href="/wiki/Cabinet_des_M%C3%A9dailles" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet des Médailles">Cabinet des Médailles</a>, Paris)</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>, <b>Talos</b>, also spelled <b>Talus</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Τάλως</span>, <i>Tálōs</i>) or <b>Talon</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Τάλων</span>, <i>Tálōn</i>), was a man of <a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">bronze</a> who protected <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> from <a href="/wiki/Pirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirates">pirates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Invasion" title="Invasion">invaders</a>. Despite the popular idea that he was a giant, no ancient source states this explicitly.<sup id="cite_ref-Gantz_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gantz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Narrative">Narrative</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talos&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Narrative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Different literary sources provide a wide variety of accounts of in relation to Talos' role and genealogy. The most popular variant of the myth of Talos is that found in the <i><a href="/wiki/Argonautica" title="Argonautica">Argonautica</a></i> of <a href="/wiki/Apollonius_of_Rhodes" title="Apollonius of Rhodes">Apollonius of Rhodes</a> (fl. first half of 3rd century BCE). In this account, Talos is described as being a descendant of the <a href="/wiki/Ages_of_Man#Hesiod's_Five_Ages" title="Ages of Man">bronze race</a> (χαλκοῦ γένους) who sprang from ash-trees. He is described as being bronze and also invulnerable with the exception of a vein in his ankle which was protected by only a thin layer of skin. </p><p>He was given to <a href="/wiki/Europa_(consort_of_Zeus)" title="Europa (consort of Zeus)">Europa</a> by <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> in order to protect Crete, which he does by running around the island three times.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Argonauts" title="Argonauts">Argonauts</a> encounter him on their return voyage after obtaining the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Fleece" title="Golden Fleece">Golden Fleece</a>. As the <i><a href="/wiki/Argo" title="Argo">Argo</a></i> approached Crete, Talos kept them at bay by hurling great boulders at the ship. <a href="/wiki/Medea" title="Medea">Medea</a> then declares that only she will be able to defeat Talos, which she does by performing a feat of magic from the <i>Argo</i>. Summoning the <i><a href="/wiki/Keres_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Keres (mythology)">keres</a></i> (female death-spirits), Medea causing Talos to graze his ankle, leading to the <a href="/wiki/Ichor" title="Ichor">ichor</a> draining from his body, and thus killing him. In describing his death Apollonius employs a metaphor comparing Talos to 'monstrous pine tree' (πελωρίη πεύκη, <i>pelōriē peukē</i>) being felled, which could be taken to imply a larger-that-human size.<sup id="cite_ref-buxton-89_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buxton-89-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comparable_to_the_Group_of_Polygnotos_ARV_extra_-_death_of_Talos_-_draped_youths_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A red figure Column Krater showing Talos falling backwards into the arms of Castor and Pollux while a crouching male figure tampers with a small nail-like circle on Talos' ankle." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Comparable_to_the_Group_of_Polygnotos_ARV_extra_-_death_of_Talos_-_draped_youths_02.jpg/220px-Comparable_to_the_Group_of_Polygnotos_ARV_extra_-_death_of_Talos_-_draped_youths_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Comparable_to_the_Group_of_Polygnotos_ARV_extra_-_death_of_Talos_-_draped_youths_02.jpg/330px-Comparable_to_the_Group_of_Polygnotos_ARV_extra_-_death_of_Talos_-_draped_youths_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Comparable_to_the_Group_of_Polygnotos_ARV_extra_-_death_of_Talos_-_draped_youths_02.jpg/440px-Comparable_to_the_Group_of_Polygnotos_ARV_extra_-_death_of_Talos_-_draped_youths_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3587" data-file-height="4578" /></a><figcaption>The Death of Talos depicted on a column krater (Museo Archeologico Nazionale del Sannio Caudino, Montesarchio)</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">Pseudo-Apollodorus</a> collected several traditions regarding the origin, form, and death of Talos. In relation to his origin, two theories are given: either he belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Ages_of_Man" title="Ages of Man">Race of Bronze</a>, or he had been given to <a href="/wiki/Minos" title="Minos">Minos</a> by Hephaestus (no reason is given). Another two theories are provided regarding his form: he was either a bull or a bronze man. Pseudo-Apollodorus further states that Talos guarded Crete by running around the island three times daily and that he had a single vein running from his neck to his ankles, which was stopped with a bronze nail at the end.<sup id="cite_ref-Ps.Apollodorus_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ps.Apollodorus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pseudo-Apollodorus also gives three variants regarding his death. The first two are at the hands of Medea: either she drove him mad with drugs, or, promising to making him immortal, she pulled the nail from his ankle, which caused the ichor to flow out. The final variant is that he was killed by the Argonaut <a href="/wiki/Poeas" title="Poeas">Poeas</a>, who shot an arrow into his ankle.<sup id="cite_ref-Ps.Apollodorus_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ps.Apollodorus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artistic_Sources">Artistic Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talos&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Artistic Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Artistic sources linking Talos with the Argonauts significantly predate the account of Apollonius.<sup id="cite_ref-Sparks=1996-RedBlk_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sparks=1996-RedBlk-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On three <a href="/wiki/Krater" title="Krater">kraters</a> from around 400 BCE, his death at the hands of the Argonauts is depicted. One <a href="/wiki/Red-figure_pottery" title="Red-figure pottery">red-figure vase</a>, now in the <a href="/wiki/Jatta_National_Archaeological_Museum" title="Jatta National Archaeological Museum">Jatta National Archaeological Museum</a>, is the <a href="/wiki/Name_vase" title="Name vase">name vase</a> of the Talos Painter. It shows Talos falling backwards, into the arms of the <a href="/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux" title="Castor and Pollux">Dioskouroi</a>. In order to distinguish his form from that of the other figures on the vase, Talos is painted in white, with details painted in brown and yellow.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMC_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the left stands Medea, holding a bowl, and looking across at Talos. Behind her is the Argo, with two more seated figures, inscribed as <a href="/wiki/Boreads" title="Boreads">Zetes and Calais</a>, whilst a third, unnamed figure, disembarks. To the right, the seated figures of <a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amphitrite" title="Amphitrite">Amphitrite</a> look on. Below them a woman, identified by some as a representation of Crete, and by others as Europa, is shown fleeing from the scene.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMC_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another vase, from <a href="/wiki/Caudium" title="Caudium">Caudium</a> (modern <a href="/wiki/Montesarchio" title="Montesarchio">Montesarchio</a>), has been identified as depicting the death of Talos.<sup id="cite_ref-Lesky_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lesky-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Robertson_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robertson-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A bearded Talos, slightly larger than the other figures, falls to the right, into the arms of the Dioskouroi.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMC_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An unnamed youth kneels to the left, tightly holding an implement of some sort with which he is manipulating a small, circular object — potentially a nail — on Talos's ankle.<sup id="cite_ref-Buxton-90_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buxton-90-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A woman stands behind the youth, bending down towards him. One arm is obscured, but in the other she holds a bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMC_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Behind her stands another unnamed woman. Suggestions as to her identity include a representation of Crete as a nymph or an attendant of Medea's.<sup id="cite_ref-Lesky_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lesky-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Robertson-90_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robertson-90-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small, winged, and bearded figure hovers next to Talos's ankle, gesturing closely to the site with the circular object. This figure is probably <a href="/wiki/Thanatos" title="Thanatos">Thanatos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Robertson-90_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robertson-90-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A third, fragmentary vase from <a href="/wiki/Spina" title="Spina">Spina</a> shows the same scene, with a very similar composition to the Motesarchio vase. Talos whose head and feet have not been preserved, is depicted in white, and is falling backwards into the arms of two men, most probably the Dioskouroi.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMC_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To his left a crouching female figure, mostly lost but labelled by an inscription as Medea, holds a blade in one hand and a box resting on her knee in the other.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMC_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the right of Talos's lower leg is a small, winged, male figure, stretching his arms as if gesturing to Talos's ankle.<sup id="cite_ref-Robertson_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robertson-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An unnamed female figure stands further to the right, but the head and torso are not preserved. The small figure and the unnamed female figure have sometimes been interpreted as <a href="/wiki/Eros" title="Eros">Eros</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aphrodite" title="Aphrodite">Aphrodite</a> but the winged figure is more probably Thanatos and the identification of Aphrodite is unlikely.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMC_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Robertson_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robertson-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Talos also appears on three coins from Phaistos dated to the <a href="/wiki/Classical_Greece" title="Classical Greece">Classical</a> and early <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_period" title="Hellenistic period">Hellenistic</a> periods. He is depicted as a naked winged figure in the act of throwing a stone; on one coin there is a hound between his legs.<sup id="cite_ref-LIMC_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LIMC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wings have been interpreted by Richard Buxton as a visual representation of the speed which Talos would have to possess in order to rapidly circuit the island of Crete.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_Variants">Other Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talos&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Immolation_of_Victims">Immolation of Victims</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talos&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Immolation of Victims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Discussing the origin of the phrase <i>sardonios gelos</i> (σαρδόνιος γέλως) — '<a href="/wiki/Sardonicism" title="Sardonicism">sardonic laugh</a>' — both <a href="/wiki/Photios_I_of_Constantinople" title="Photios I of Constantinople">Photius</a> in his <i>Lexicon</i>, and <a href="/wiki/Zenobius" title="Zenobius">Zenobius</a> in his <i>Proverbs</i> cite <a href="/wiki/Simonides_of_Ceos" title="Simonides of Ceos">Simonides</a> (c. 556-468 BCE) for a story which involves Talos.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Photius's summary of the account by Simonides is that some <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinans</a> refused to take Talos to king <a href="/wiki/Minos" title="Minos">Minos</a> of <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>, in response to which Talos grabbed them and jumped into some flames whilst holding them tight, killing them. <a href="/wiki/Zenobius" title="Zenobius">Zenobius's</a> summary states that Talos lived in Sardinia before going to Crete, and killed many of the inhabitants without mentioning how or why. Not enough remains to establish whether Simonides associated Talos with the Argonauts.<sup id="cite_ref-Gantz_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gantz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Talos is also mentioned in two fragments relating to a lost <a href="/wiki/Sophocles" title="Sophocles">Sophoclean</a> drama, <i>Daidalos</i>, the plot of which in unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-sophocles_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sophocles-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fragments indicate that in this source, too, Talos killed his victims by burning them.<sup id="cite_ref-sophocles_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sophocles-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside of Simonides and Sophocles, no other surviving source mentions this method of execution.<sup id="cite_ref-Gantz_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gantz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cretan_Lineage">Cretan Lineage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talos&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cretan Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="death_of_Talos_krater_anchor"></span></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaso_di_Talos_particolare.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Vaso_di_Talos_particolare.JPG/220px-Vaso_di_Talos_particolare.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Vaso_di_Talos_particolare.JPG/330px-Vaso_di_Talos_particolare.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Vaso_di_Talos_particolare.JPG/440px-Vaso_di_Talos_particolare.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2517" data-file-height="2015" /></a><figcaption>The death of Talos depicted on a Volute <a href="/wiki/Krater" title="Krater">Krater</a> circa 400 BCE (<a href="/wiki/Jatta_National_Archaeological_Museum" title="Jatta National Archaeological Museum">Jatta National Archaeological Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ruvo_di_Puglia" title="Ruvo di Puglia">Ruvo di Puglia</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>In a different tradition, Talos is the son of <a href="/wiki/Cres_(mythology)" title="Cres (mythology)">Kres</a>, the personification of Crete. Hephaestus is his son, and <a href="/wiki/Rhadamanthus" title="Rhadamanthus">Rhadamanthus</a> – a mythical king of Crete – his grandson. This tradition is reported by <a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a>, who cites the poet <a href="/wiki/Cinaethon_of_Sparta" title="Cinaethon of Sparta">Cinaethon of Sparta</a> as his source.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pausanias states at another point that Talos was one of the sons of <a href="/wiki/Oenopion" title="Oenopion">Oenopion</a>, without giving a source.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pausanias gives no details of Talos outside of his genealogy.<sup id="cite_ref-buxton-89_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buxton-89-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Athenaeus" title="Athenaeus">Athenaeus</a> the lyric poet <a href="/wiki/Ibycus" title="Ibycus">Ibycus</a> wrote of <a href="/wiki/Rhadamanthus" title="Rhadamanthus">Rhadamanthus</a> as the lover of Talos, rather than grandson.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Suda" title="Suda">Suda</a>, a Byzantine encyclopedia from the tenth-century CE, adds to this that Talos and Rhadamanthus introduced homosexuality to Crete.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rationalisation">Rationalisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talos&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rationalisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Euhemerism" title="Euhemerism">euhemeristic</a> interpretation of Talos is provided – along with many others – in the <a href="/wiki/Minos_(dialogue)" title="Minos (dialogue)"><i>Minos</i></a>, a dialogue which was attributed to <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a> in antiquity, but which is regarded by most scholars today as being written by someone else.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this source, Talos is rationalised as a man who guards the laws of Crete by travelling around the villages of the island three times per year at the behest of Minos, in order to show the inhabitants the laws of the city, which were inscribed of tablets of bronze.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Buxton-90_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buxton-90-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talos&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Jason_and_the_Argonauts_(1963_film)" title="Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)">Jason and the Argonauts</a></i> – a 1963 movie in which Talos is depicted as a giant who is killed by Jason</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Talos_No._2" title="Talos No. 2">Talos No. 2</a></i> – an abstract bronze sculpture in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Talos_Principle" title="The Talos Principle">The Talos Principle</a></i> – a 2014 video game that makes its entire premise on Talos being akin to a human being</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Talos_Dome" title="Talos Dome">Talos Dome</a> in <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>, which is named after him.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5786_Talos" title="5786 Talos">5786 Talos</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talos&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Dictionary</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gantz-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gantz_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gantz_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gantz_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGantz1993" class="citation book cs1">Gantz, Timothy (1993). <i>Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources</i>. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 365. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8018-4410-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8018-4410-X"><bdi>0-8018-4410-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Early+Greek+Myth%3A+A+Guide+to+Literary+and+Artistic+Sources&rft.pages=365&rft.pub=The+Johns+Hopkins+University+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-8018-4410-X&rft.aulast=Gantz&rft.aufirst=Timothy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATalos" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Argonautica</i> 4.1638-1644</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-buxton-89-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-buxton-89_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-buxton-89_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuxton1998" class="citation book cs1">Buxton, Richard (1998). 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Levante Editori. p. 89. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/887949290X" title="Special:BookSources/887949290X"><bdi>887949290X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Myth+of+Talos&rft.btitle=Monsters+and+Monstrosity+in+Greek+and+Roman+Culture&rft.pages=89&rft.pub=Levante+Editori&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=887949290X&rft.aulast=Buxton&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATalos" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ps.Apollodorus-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ps.Apollodorus_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ps.Apollodorus_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFpseudo-Apollodorus" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)#Pseudo-Apollodorus" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">pseudo-Apollodorus</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)"><i>Bibliothēkē</i> <bdi lang="el"><span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">Βιβλιοθήκη</span></bdi></a> [<i>Library</i>]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.9.26">1.9.26</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Biblioth%C4%93k%C4%93+%3Cspan+class%3D%22texhtml+mvar%22+style%3D%22font-style%3Aitalic%3B%22%3E%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BA%CE%B7%3C%2Fspan%3E&rft.pages=1.9.26&rft.au=pseudo-Apollodorus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATalos" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sparks=1996-RedBlk-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sparks=1996-RedBlk_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSparkes1996" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Brian_A._Sparkes" title="Brian A. 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Routledge. p. 124. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-12661-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-415-12661-4"><bdi>0-415-12661-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Red+and+the+Black%3A+Studies+in+Greek+pottery&rft.pages=124&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0-415-12661-4&rft.aulast=Sparkes&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATalos" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LIMC-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LIMC_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LIMC_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LIMC_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LIMC_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LIMC_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LIMC_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LIMC_7-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LIMC_7-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPapadopoulos1994" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Papadopoulos, John (1994). 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