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	Podcast:		Stuff To Blow Your Mind
	Episode:		Talos: The Bronze Automaton
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		0
	Publish Date:		2018-01-02 11:00:00
	Description:		Among the many humanoid gods and bestial monsters of Greek mythology, one finds a peculiar outlier: Talos the bronze automaton. Said to stalk the shores of Crete, Talos pelted suspicious ships with rocks and immolated enemy soldiers with its smoldering embrace. Does this myth reveal Greek attitudes toward technology? What existing technologies can we decode in its description? Robert and Joe explore in this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
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