Wheel tripods to bring stuff to Olympos and back (Iliad, ca. 8th century B.C.) golden and silver dogs and lions which could bite invaders of the palace of Alkinoos (Odyssea, ca. 8th century B.C.) Talos, a giant made of bronze to protect Europa in Crete (Argonautica, 4th-3rd century B.C.) Aetos Kaukasios, a robotic eagle eating Prometheus' liver (Poeticon Astronomicon, 1st century B.C.)