00:10Talos was a giant robot or more correctly, a Cretan god or Titan forged from bronze or brass and fueled
00:18by ichor, the same ichor which runs through veins of the gods.
00:22The name Talos means sun in the Cretan dialect, and he was the equivalent of Helios, the sun Titan in
00:30Cretan chronicles.
00:32There are different versions concerning who crafted Talos and for what purpose he was made.
00:38One version stated that Talos was crafted by Hephaestus at the request of Zeus, to protect Europa in Crete from
00:47pirates and people who would want to kidnap her.
00:50Another version said that Talos was a gift from Hephaestus to Minos, forged with the aid of the Cyclopes in
00:58the form of a bull and gifted to Minos the king of Crete, in order to protect the island and
01:04its people.
01:04In yet another version, Talos was forged from bronze by the inventor Daedalus, father of Icarus and creator of the
01:12famous Cretan labyrinth, inhabited by the Minotaur.
01:16Still another version, Talos was brought to life when Zeus breathed ichor into a lifeless bronze statue constructed by Hephaestus,
01:26then gifted to Europa to protect her from invaders.
01:29And in the last and lesser known version, Talos was not a robot or automaton of any sort. But was
01:37the son of Cres, the personification of Crete.
01:40In deciding which version to go with, the versions about Hephaestus are more befitting, mainly because no mortal could craft
01:48a being as magnificent as Talos if not the mighty craftsman of a god Hephaestus.
01:54Talos had a vein which ran from his neck down to his ankles, and flowed with ichor which was his
02:01life source.
02:02Ichor is what runs through the veins of gods, titans and other immortals instead of mortal blood.
02:09However, it was toxic to mortals and killed them instantly.
02:13It was ichor that gave Talos life, just like the Greek gods and titans.
02:20This is why Talos is better referred to as a Cretan god, or titan because of his size.
02:27The vein through which the wonderful fluid flowed was secured by a bronze nail in each ankle.
02:33Talos was tasked with protecting Europa or more commonly, the island of Crete from invaders as the island had no
02:41walls protecting it.
02:42Three times a day, this powerful giant circled the whole island which was over 3000 miles.
02:50Whenever Talos sighted foreign ships approaching the Cretan coastline, he would hurl giant rocks at their vessels.
02:58If that failed to deter or destroy the enemy, Talos would magically set himself on fire and heat up his
03:05metal exterior until it was red hot.
03:08In this state, his is called the infernal Talos.
03:12The intruders would then suffer his agonizing legendary deathly scream or embrace which will leave them both crushed and burned
03:20to death at the same time.
03:23In addition, the victim's charred corpse would be left with a hilarious look of pure terror and pain on its
03:29face.
03:30Aside protecting Crete, Talos was tasked with another important role.
03:36He helped to enforce the divine law on the island.
03:39He would carry massive bronze tablets with all the laws inscribed on them to all the villages on the island
03:46three times a year.
03:48Everything went on well and as planned, until the arrival of Jason and the Argonauts.
03:54It happened that the powerful sorceress and wife of Jason Medea was accompanying Jason and the Argonauts to Crete on
04:01the ship Argo.
04:02They had just acquired the Golden Fleece and desperately needed to get fresh water and other supplies as they neared
04:09Crete.
04:10Knowing what they were going to encounter, Jason pleaded with Talos to let them take the little things they were
04:17in dire need of, and then get off the island as quickly as possible.
04:22But Talos knew only his duty and nothing else.
04:26So he responded by hurling rocks at their vessel as they neared.
04:30Hence, Jason and his men had only two options, to die a painful death or to use trickery and sorcery
04:38to overcome the invincible Talos.
04:40So Medea the sorceress quickly set to work before it was too late.
04:45She began to charm Talos with her seductive incantations.
04:49After quite a while, Talos began to succumb to Medea's magic.
04:55Not wasting a moment, she removed the bronze pegs from his ankles, and all the icor drained from his body.
05:03The great giant them collapsed to the ground and gradually died.
05:07In slightly different version of this story, Medea controlled him with her bewitching gaze and had him remove the pegs
05:15himself.
05:16The story and defeat of Talos is very much similar to the story and defeat of Achilles.
05:22Both thought to be totally invincible, yet had very unusual flaws.
05:27The story and defeat of Talos.
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