Talos served as the bronze guardian of Crete for King Minos, circling the island three times each day and hurling boulders at any unauthorized ship that approached its shores.
Medea destroyed the bronze giant Talos by removing the nail that sealed his single vein of ichor at his ankle. In Apollonius's Argonautica, she bewitched him with her gaze, causing him to graze his ankle and drain his lifeblood.
Hephaestus built Talos, a giant bronze automaton, to guard the island of Crete. Talos circled the island three times each day, hurling boulders at any ship that approached.
⚠ Apollodorus attributes Talos to Hephaestus, but other sources describe him as a gift from Zeus to Europa or as the last of the bronze race.
The Argonauts encountered the bronze giant Talos on Crete during their return voyage. Talos hurled boulders at their ship until Medea destroyed him by removing the nail that sealed his single vein of ichor.
In Apollodorus, Zeus gave Europa three gifts after their union on Crete: the bronze automaton Talos to guard the island, a golden javelin that never missed, and a hunting dog named Laelaps that always caught its prey.
The Argonauts encountered the bronze giant Talos while returning from Colchis with the Golden Fleece. Medea defeated him by removing the nail that sealed his single vein of divine ichor.
Talos, the bronze giant guarding Crete, attacked the Argo during the return leg of the Voyage of the Argo by hurling boulders at the ship. Medea defeated him by exploiting the single vein sealed by a bronze nail in his ankle.
In Apollodorus's account, Zeus gave the bronze automaton Talos to Europa as one of three gifts after their union on Crete, entrusting the giant with the island's defense.
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