Galaxy/The codex of Talos

Brazen man who guarded Crete and circled the island thrice daily; Medea destroyed him by magic as the Argonauts sailed homeward.1

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Apollodorus says Medea destroyed the brazen Talos on Crete — some say by driving him mad, others by fixing a nail in his vein so that all the ichor ran out.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Talos — art, artifacts and echoes.

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