Talos
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
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How to use Talos in a sentence
Talos, like all the invulnerable men of legend, had his one weak point.
Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) | Charles MorrisAt Crete the brazen Talos, who would not permit them to land, was killed by the Dioscuri.
So Talos, for all his frame of bronze, yielded the victory to the might of Medea the sorceress.
The Argonautica | Apollonius Rhodius
British Dictionary definitions for Talos
/ (ˈteɪlɒs) /
Greek myth the nephew and apprentice of Daedalus, who surpassed his uncle as an inventor and was killed by him out of jealousy
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