Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In Greek mythology, Talos, also spelled Talus (/ ˈ t eɪ l ɒ s /; [1] Greek: Τάλως, Tálōs) or Talon (/ ˈ t eɪ l ɒ n, ən /; Greek: Τάλων, Tálōn), was a man of bronze who protected Crete from pirates and invaders. Despite the popular idea that he was a giant, no ancient source states this explicitly.
This Talos is considered by some scholars to be the same as the Talos who guarded Crete. [3] [4] Talos, son of Daedalus' sister Perdix. Daedalus seeing that his disciple Talos was more gifted than himself, killed him. [7] Talos, a soldier in the army of Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy. He was killed by Aeneas. [8]
In Greek mythology, Cres (Ancient Greek: Κρής Kres, gen. Κρητός) was a possible eponym of the island Crete. Stephanus of Byzantium distinguishes between two figures of this name: one was a son of Zeus and the nymph Idaea, and the other a Cretan autochthon who became the first ruler of Crete. [1]
When Talos had come by chance upon a jawbone of a snake and with it had sawn through a small piece of wood, he tried to imitate the jaggedness of the serpent's teeth. Consequently, he fashioned a saw out of iron, by means of which he would saw the lumber which he used in his work, and for this accomplishment he gained the reputation of having ...
Talos displayed a skill and intellect that rivalled Daedalus's intellect. Daedalus was upset that Talos was everything his son was not. A sadistic vulture speaks to Daedalus, confronting him about his feelings towards Talos and tempts Daedalus to murder the boy. Daedalus and Icarus fled to the island of Crete, where he found himself in the ...
Crete – A volcanic island that is the home of Talos and Hephaestus' original workshop. The Garden of the Hesperides – A sacred garden of Hera's where golden apples of immortality grow on trees. It was guarded by the Hesperides as well as the dragon Ladon. Greece - The country of origin for the original Titans.
Daedalus had two sons: Icarus [12] and Iapyx, [13] along with a nephew named either Talos, Calos, or Perdix. [14] The Athenians rewrote the Cretan-born Daedalus as an Athenian himself, the grandson of the ancient king Erechtheus [15] who only fled to Crete after killing his nephew. [16]
Clash of the Gods is a one-hour weekly mythology television series that premiered on August 3, 2009 on the History Channel. The program covers many of the ancient Greek and Norse Gods , monsters and heroes including Hades , Hercules , Medusa , Minotaur , Odysseus and Zeus .