Talos

[ tey-los ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Classical Mythology.

Talos

/ ˈteɪlɒs /

Greek myth the nephew and apprentice of Daedalus, who surpassed his uncle as an inventor and was killed by him out of jealousy

Ben Mendelsohn will also reprise his Captain Marvel role as the Skrull Talos.

From Time

That movie ended with all of the characters going their separate ways, but during that time, Fury and Talos reunited.

From Vox

Talos, like all the invulnerable men of legend, had his one weak point.

At Crete the brazen Talos, who would not permit them to land, was killed by the Dioscuri.

So Talos, for all his frame of bronze, yielded the victory to the might of Medea the sorceress.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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