Talos

mythological bronze automaton guarding Crete
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Talos
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Talos

Summary

Talos is a mythological Greek character[1]. He worked as a guard[2]. He ranks in the top 4% of mythological_greek_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (839 views/month).[3]

Key Facts

  • Talos's father was Cres[4].
  • A child of Talos was Leucus[5].
  • Talos worked as a guard[2].
  • Talos's image is recorded as Didrachm Phaistos obverse CdM.jpg[6].
  • Talos is recorded as male[7].
  • Talos's instance of is recorded as mythological Greek character[8].
  • Talos's instance of is recorded as Automaton[9].
  • Talos's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 311601090[10].
  • Talos's GND ID is recorded as 1061115763[11].
  • Talos's Commons category is recorded as Talos[12].
  • Talos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kykv[13].
  • Talos's depicted by is recorded as Talos and the Argonauts krater[14].
  • Talos's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Talos's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16].
  • Talos's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Talos's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 3476[18].
  • Talos's different from is recorded as Talos[19].
  • Talos's Theoi Project ID is recorded as Gigante/GiganteTalos[20].
  • Talos's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3005-23880[21].
  • Talos's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-4155[22].
  • Talos's ToposText person ID is recorded as 2276[23].
  • Talos's Lex ID is recorded as Talos[24].
  • Talos's MANTO ID is recorded as 10267378[25].
  • Talos's Mythoskop ID is recorded as w553[26].
  • Talos's Trismegistos god ID is recorded as 1779[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Talos's father was Cres[4].

Career and Affiliations

Talos worked as a guard[2].

Personal Life

A child of Talos was Leucus[5].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Talos include RIM-8 he[28], a missile model[29] and he[30], a fossil taxon[31].

Why It Matters

Talos ranks in the top 4% of mythological_greek_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (839 views/month).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for him include RIM-8 he[28], a missile model[29] and he[30], a fossil taxon[31].

FAQs

Who were Talos's parents?

Talos's father was Cres[4].

What did Talos do for work?

Talos worked as guard[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Mythoskop. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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