Talos (mythology)
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] This Talos is considered by some scholars to be the same as the Talos who guarded Crete.[3][4]
- Talus, a son of Oenopion, son of Ariadne. His possible mother was the nymph Helice and his only sister was Merope (Aero).[5] Together with his brothers Euanthes, Melas, Salagus and Athamas, they followed their father when he sailed with a fleet from Crete to Chios.[6] 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]
Notes
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.26
- ^ Pausanias, 8.53.5 with Cinaethon in his poem as the authority
- ^ a b Papadopoulos, John (1994). "Talos I". Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Vol. 7: Oidipous - Theseus. Artemis & Winkler Verlag. pp. 834–837.
- ^ a b Buxton, Richard (1998). "The Myth of Talos". In Atherton, Catherine (ed.). Monsters and Monstrosity in Greek and Roman Culture. Levante Editori. p. 88. ISBN 887949290X.
- ^ Parthenius, 20
- ^ Pausanias, 7.4.8
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.4; Apollodorus, 3.15.8
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 12.513
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.