Greece and Rome · Apollonius, Argonautica 4.1638–1688

Talos, the bronze giant

ReferenceApollonius, Argonautica 4.1638–1688

Writtenc. 250 BCE

SetVoyage of the Argo

Talos, the man of bronze… he was of the stock of bronze, of the men sprung from ash-trees, the last left among the sons of the gods… but beneath the sinew by his ankle was a blood-red vein.

Translation: Seaton, 1912 (wording condensed) · About the translator

Read it literally

A metal guardian who circles Crete three times a day throwing rocks at ships, with one vein sealed by a nail. Medea disables him.

What scholars say

Hellenistic epic.

Looks like technology Giants and hybrids

People and places hereCrete Medea

Quick answers about Apollonius, Argonautica 4.1638–1688

Where is Apollonius, Argonautica 4.1638–1688 found?

Apollonius, Argonautica 4.1638–1688 (Greece and Rome). Translation quoted: R. C. Seaton, Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica (Loeb, 1912).

When was Apollonius, Argonautica 4.1638–1688 written?

c. 250 BCE.

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