Talos

Talos (Greek Τάλως, Latinized talus ) is a bronze giant of Greek mythology.

In Manufactures had him Hephaestus. Zeus gave it to Europe, and she brought him to the island of Crete, he should guard from now on. To this end, he circled the island three times a day and threw stones on all ships approaching. Nevertheless landed a ship, Talos became heated until it glowed red. Then he embraced the attacker, who then burned if he does not scare searched the width.

According to the Argonautica, Medea hypnotized him, after which they could draw him a bronze nail from the foot and so his only lifeline opened so that Talos bled to death.

Talos is according to some researchers a mythological personification of the Minoan eruption of Thera volcano island in 17./16. Century BC constitutes a other controversial interpretation of Talos myth comes from Robert Graves, who sees him as a misinterpretation of an image that Athene displays in demonstration of the lost-wax process.