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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.
In Greek mythology, Talos or Talus (/ˈteɪlɒs/; Ancient Greek: Τάλως Talōs) may refer to the following characters mostly connected with Crete: Talos, a man of bronze who guarded Crete. [1] Talos, a son of Cres (son of Idaea and Zeus) and the father of Hephaestus who also fathered Rhadamanthys. [2]
On the morning of 20 May 1941, Crete was the theater of the first major airborne assault in history. The Third Reich launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code name of "Operation Mercury". 17,000 paratroopers under the command of General Kurt Student were dropped at three strategic locations with airfields: Maleme , Heraklion , and ...
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 ...
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This is a list of notable novels set in Crete: Untimely, Grave Robbers' Reunion - Karen Vavourakis (2024) Dancing the Labyrinth - Karen Martin (2021) The Colossus of Maroussi — Henry Miller (1941) The Sea Eagle — James Aldridge (1944) The Egyptian — Mika Waltari (1945) Zorba the Greek — Nikos Kazantzakis (1946) Ill Met by Moonlight ...
The name "Táltos" may be connected to the verb "tált", which is to "open wide"; i.e. they "opened themselves to the world." More probable, however, is its cognation with Ugric words like Northern Mansi tūltėn "easy" and Vasyugan Khanty tolten "with magical powers".
The Suda, a Byzantine encyclopedia from the tenth-century CE, adds to this that Talos and Rhadamanthus introduced homosexuality to Crete. [ 6 ] Other sources (e.g. Plutarch , Theseus 20) credit Rhadamanthys rather than Dionysus as the husband of Ariadne , and the father of Oenopion , Staphylus and Thoas .