Talos (mythology)

For other uses, see Talos (disambiguation).

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]