Talos was a brass bull who was forged by the god Hephaestus and was given to Minos.Talos was a brass man who was forged by the god Hephaestus and was given to Minos.Talos may have been a survivor from the Age of Bronze, a descendant of the brazen race ( χαλκοῦ γένους) that sprang from meliae "ash-tree nymphs" according to Argonautica (The conception that Hesiod's men of the Age of Bronze were actually made of bronze is extended to men of the age of gold by Lucian for humorous effect).however, we have detailed images of the episode, 150 years earlier, dated to around 400 BCE." )Īccording to (pseudo-)Apollodorus, however, there were three theories regarding Talos: Sparkes (1996), "The most detailed treatment in literature is to be found in the Argonautica.
Talos is usually said to have been made by Hephaestus at the request of Zeus, to protect Europa (consort of Zeus) from people who would want to kidnap her. The death of Talos depicted on a 5th century BCE krater now in the Jatta National Archaeological Museum in Ruvo di Puglia
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