Automata attributed to Ἥφαιστος

  • 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.)
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