The Greek myth of Talos, the first robot - Adrienne Mayor

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  • Get to know the myth of Talos, a robot powered by ichor and created by Hephaestus to defend the island kingdom of Crete from intruders.
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    Hephaestus, god of technology, was hard at work on his most ingenious invention yet. He was creating a new defense system for King Minos, who wanted fewer intruders on his island kingdom of Crete. But mortal guards and ordinary weapons wouldn’t suffice, so the visionary god devised an indomitable new defender. Adrienna Mayor dives into the myth of Talos: the first robot.
    Lesson by Adrienne Mayor, directed by Cabong Studios.
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  • @lazycat836
    @lazycat836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8463

    God of Technology: *build a giant robot with a giant bolt as a weakpoint*
    Dr Doofenshmirtz: *build everything with an obviously exposed self-destruct button*
    Dr Doof: And they say I'm crazy

    • @aguydan866
      @aguydan866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

      Lazy Cat Galactic Empire: builds a planet destroyer with a weak point reachable from outside.

    • @Lumberjack_king
      @Lumberjack_king 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      What's with wepeons with obvious weak points

    • @Lumberjack_king
      @Lumberjack_king 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      A button is really obvious if I saw that bolt I need a giant wrench or just put it on the head

    • @Irondragon1945
      @Irondragon1945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Best character of the most recent kids shows.
      I love it.

    • @Paul-A01
      @Paul-A01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It's a safety feature. A primitive e-stop

  • @PandaBeatsStudios
    @PandaBeatsStudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5424

    Japan: “We invented mechas first!”
    Greece: *Laughs in Talos.*

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      PyroPanda Studios
      Is that a Mazinger Z reference? (Thumbs up to people who remembers the actual plot of Go Nagai's Mazinger Z, the first true mecha anime).

    • @TGM_-hp6ks
      @TGM_-hp6ks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      PyroPanda Studios I thought it supposed to be Talos: Laughs in Greece...

    • @VietVuHunzter
      @VietVuHunzter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I remember reading this: When in doubt about origin of something, just think that it came from ancient Greece.

    • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
      @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@whathell6t Mazinger transforming into Zeus' severed fist was amazing

    • @AirQuotes
      @AirQuotes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@VietVuHunzter I mean they pretty much invented everything so...

  • @midgetman4206
    @midgetman4206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6246

    Bruh, they just straight up killed him, he was just doing his job while having the innocence of a child

    • @R0-83-RT
      @R0-83-RT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +559

      Innocent people die all the time in Greek stories.

    • @Anonymous-jr8us
      @Anonymous-jr8us 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Tru

    • @Acroflame
      @Acroflame 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      He was gonna kill them though

    • @umer6639
      @umer6639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      There are only a few sins that come close to the severity of innocence.

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      If they could convince him that ripping a part of himself out will make him immortal, couldn’t they just convince him they aren’t a threat?

  • @alexanderchippel
    @alexanderchippel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4804

    So the story is essentially: "Security Gaurd Murdered by Burglars."

    • @dineshprasad7791
      @dineshprasad7791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      No bro.
      One robot army stabbed on his ankle by betrayal .

    • @nyhyl
      @nyhyl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Or "Robot that kills by squeezing and frying alive finally destroyed."

    • @louisyama9145
      @louisyama9145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Omg 666

    • @someonesomewhere8869
      @someonesomewhere8869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      781st like. WoW ThAt'S sO aMaZiNg.

    • @infinityxtanishq8712
      @infinityxtanishq8712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Guard

  • @PhilippineLuLu8423
    @PhilippineLuLu8423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4891

    *Achilles' heel*
    *Talos' heel*

    • @thesecondapollo4826
      @thesecondapollo4826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      The heel a universal weakness

    • @grmph
      @grmph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Talos' bolt

    • @MichaelSBaram
      @MichaelSBaram 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      *silent heel*

    • @stevied3400
      @stevied3400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Philippine LuLu
      Talus is the Latin word for ankle.

    • @537CH
      @537CH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Greek Mythology is consistent

  • @andrewgutmann9432
    @andrewgutmann9432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3749

    **The Thalmor would like to know your location.**

  • @km1dash6
    @km1dash6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    The story is often used to ask the question "what makes us human" rather than the more modern question of "can we create a robot that's like a human." The Greeks believed that it was that mind, the rich inner life of Talos (his emotions, imagination, and intellect), as well as his creation by the gods, that made him human. It also is meant to show that what makes us human isn't the body, but the nonphysical mind.

  • @ryanrodriguez7911
    @ryanrodriguez7911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    As an Elder Scrolls fan, knowing that an Emperor named Talos used a Brass God robot thing to help conqure the world makes slightly more sense now.

    • @aa306911
      @aa306911 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I do this for you, red legion, for I love you!

    • @isaachester8475
      @isaachester8475 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      “Powered by the life-fluid of the gods” in the myth, meanwhile the Numidium is powered by the heart of a god

    • @jamiehughes5573
      @jamiehughes5573 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Numidium was powered by the heart of lorkhan

    • @jhin28
      @jhin28 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      it reminded me of dagoth ur in morrowind. dagoth ur was trying to resurrect a bronze robot just like that.

  • @osse1n
    @osse1n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2617

    *Moral of the story*
    When you don't feel whole, others will take advantage of you

    • @zxGHOSTr
      @zxGHOSTr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Stop it! Why are you everywhere?

    • @haanhdo4190
      @haanhdo4190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Very true

    • @haanhdo4190
      @haanhdo4190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @UCfaPstQmIjonmwZnXH6YMoQ I don't really consider this spamming. He doesn't promote his content, or tell people to check out his channel (at least I haven't seen it) He is in the comment section of almost all educational/self improvement channels I follow, and looking at is channel name, that makes sense. He just has a recognizable avatar and name, and is an actively engaging subscriber, the last is highly valuable to TH-cam creators.
      I don't deny he is most likely trying to grow his own channel. But what's so bad about that? In his comments, he gives what many self help channels call "nugget of wisdom" appropriate with the video content. If it resonates with people, then they are compelled to check out his channel. If not, carry on then. It's actually a respectable way of leveraging existing channels to grow your own.

    • @osse1n
      @osse1n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@haanhdo4190 This was one thoughtful summation. I salute you for being so sensible.
      Keep rockin'

    • @vittxrio5198
      @vittxrio5198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You know it was a thoughtful and wonderful educational content if this guy comments on a certain video.

  • @solepula
    @solepula 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4138

    Now imagine if Hephaestus made Terminators...

    • @ZeGreatStick
      @ZeGreatStick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      Now imagine Jason and the Argonauts stumbling across a T-800

    • @PaleFatalis
      @PaleFatalis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      I need your helmet, your cuirass, and your trireme

    • @solepula
      @solepula 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Evan GET TO DA TRIREME!!!

    • @freetoplayking7362
      @freetoplayking7362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      they would overthrow us and replace us as the dominant race
      it would be terminator meets neir :automata

    • @heavenmood553
      @heavenmood553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      got a terminator ad before this video started

  • @ThePissedOffOwl
    @ThePissedOffOwl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +841

    I wonder if anyone on those boats shouted “What In Oblivion is that?!” When they saw talos

    • @Yuuni_Shiroza
      @Yuuni_Shiroza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      *Music starts playing*

    • @phos4552
      @phos4552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Sentries, what do you see?

    • @okok-fs4qe
      @okok-fs4qe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Captain?!

    • @ra_alf9467
      @ra_alf9467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      "GET PEOPLE TO SAFETY"

    • @sombrerostalin1499
      @sombrerostalin1499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      STAY CLOSE TO THE WALL!

  • @Hanma420
    @Hanma420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1768

    Ancient Greece: Talos was a giant automaton
    Skyrim players: *visible confusion*

    • @TheAnalatheist
      @TheAnalatheist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      He did drive a giant automaton though.

    • @rmt3589
      @rmt3589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Talos! The god of man!

    • @NotASovietSpy1
      @NotASovietSpy1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      C0DA makes it cannon

    • @somethingsomethingsomethin9009
      @somethingsomethingsomethin9009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@NotASovietSpy1 *shivers in need to negate C0DA's cannon-ness*

    • @l0remipsum991
      @l0remipsum991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      TALOS THE MIGHTY! TALOS THE UNERRING!

  • @pyroVoid
    @pyroVoid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5153

    Is it weird that I feel bad for Talos in this story of the Argonauts, rather than relief that the humans survived?

    • @hellatze
      @hellatze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      That because you watch cartoon.
      Imagine of it designed to be realistic and menancing.

    • @nin2494
      @nin2494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +368

      hellatze then I’d still feel the same, to judge any sentient creature by its appearances is simply arrogant.

    • @hellatze
      @hellatze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@nin2494 that robot. destroy innocent ship that pass or make landing. also survivor fried to death.

    • @poopyjoe1496
      @poopyjoe1496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      hellatze he’s doing his job.

    • @karlturner5678
      @karlturner5678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      There are a great many times in Greek myth that you feel much worse for the supposed antagonists. Homer knew what he was doing.

  • @Irondragon1945
    @Irondragon1945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3299

    Ted-Ed doing their best to supply with the daily dose of existential crisis

  • @wargriffin5
    @wargriffin5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    Trump: "We're gonna build a wall..."
    King Minos: "We're gonna build a ROBOT..."

    • @GreatMewtwo
      @GreatMewtwo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      To be fair, King Minos had a labyrinth and a creature that we now call the Minotaur.

    • @sebshifter
      @sebshifter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      And Rhodes is gonna pay for it !

    • @Zapzel24
      @Zapzel24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Build a giant robot dip it in gold and make Macedonia pay for it.

    • @frozenmnl9453
      @frozenmnl9453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      me:we're gonna build a laser wall and a laser cannon

    • @kartikmishra1935
      @kartikmishra1935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its evolving... Just backwards

  • @labomemnumbazerozeroyon7085
    @labomemnumbazerozeroyon7085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +727

    Just a thought: what if these robot concepts had blueprints stored in the library of alexandria.

    • @imthecoolestguyalive
      @imthecoolestguyalive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      That's actually really interesting.

    • @Nachos237
      @Nachos237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      The knowledge we've lost

    • @OleandyrTheGreatDragonGod
      @OleandyrTheGreatDragonGod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      As if I didn't already want to cry for the lost knowledge from the library of Alexandria...

    • @Xagelas
      @Xagelas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They did

    • @thanoskoumpanis9699
      @thanoskoumpanis9699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They are under the Vatican now...

  • @connor4549
    @connor4549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +834

    "My ancestors are smiling at me Imperial, can you say the same ?"

    • @barkingamer4225
      @barkingamer4225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      As fearless in death, as he was in life

    • @RenMagnum4057
      @RenMagnum4057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Death to the Stormcloaks!

    • @steliosdo
      @steliosdo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Justiiiceeee

    • @TheAilmam
      @TheAilmam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LMAO Skyrim references cracks me up

    • @angeldroidcs4962
      @angeldroidcs4962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was an adventure like you till I took an arrow to the knee

  • @teteachhakx4655
    @teteachhakx4655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +958

    'They say Ulfric Stormcloak murdered the High King, with his voice Shouted him apart'

    • @falpsdsqglthnsac
      @falpsdsqglthnsac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Wrong Talos, buddy.

    • @mariogonzalez4928
      @mariogonzalez4928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@falpsdsqglthnsac I hate when I confuse my Taloses

    • @rizqirizaldo
      @rizqirizaldo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      "Gotta keep my eyes open, damn dragons could swoop down at any time"

    • @stiffpictures8971
      @stiffpictures8971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      “You there, you were at the wedding?”

    • @jackmurray411
      @jackmurray411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mario Gonzalez is it Taloses or Talosi?

  • @huldrrrr9486
    @huldrrrr9486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    Talos is probably one of the most sympathetic figures in greek mythology imo ;-;

    • @Zephyrus0
      @Zephyrus0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Prometheus :]

    • @astick5249
      @astick5249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Karkenos. Just a random crab sent to distract Heracles fighting Hydra, but ended up getting kicked/stepped on and died. The god who sent him felt bad for it, so she turned it to the constellation cancer.

    • @fashizzle78
      @fashizzle78 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No that would be Medusa

    • @johngr1747
      @johngr1747 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's the ancient Iron Giant lol

  • @CLASSICALFAN100
    @CLASSICALFAN100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Greek researchers now believe that the "ichor" contained in the body of Talos was hydraulic fluid, which makes perfect sense for a moving robot. Imagine Daedalus discovering hydraulic principles, then building a bronze robot to use it. **GENIUS!!**

    • @hanbigim
      @hanbigim ปีที่แล้ว +1

      so that means the gods are just big mechs?

    • @afggetlost1342
      @afggetlost1342 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@hanbigim fate entered the chat

  • @AnsonCTA
    @AnsonCTA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +963

    Talos:" I used to be an automaton in Greece. Then I took an arrow in the knee..."

    • @rizqihidayatullah6474
      @rizqihidayatullah6474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      "Then some people took a bolt on my feet"

    • @captainvalourous6668
      @captainvalourous6668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Achilles: First time?

    • @7ultras157
      @7ultras157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice

    • @BobMarley-vj3ol
      @BobMarley-vj3ol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I just to be a security guard until I got a bolt removed from the back of my ankle

    • @swordofstabbingold
      @swordofstabbingold 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Then the thalmor banned my worship"

  • @richiemukurumbira4458
    @richiemukurumbira4458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    noooo don't cry Talos ;(

    • @The_Raven_
      @The_Raven_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ;.(

    • @hectorluis7630
      @hectorluis7630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      F for the big bronce bro

    • @jetrickgordo4026
      @jetrickgordo4026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hectorluis7630 that's a good name.

    • @avr4h
      @avr4h 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No more tears, Talos. Only dreams now.

    • @arisparks8474
      @arisparks8474 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@avr4h so sad
      kinda reminds me of....
      *bendy.*

  • @optillian4182
    @optillian4182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Interloper: *survives*
    Talos: INITIATING BEAR HUG OF DEATH

    • @JulianScytheSpear
      @JulianScytheSpear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So basically Vulkan

    • @oleksiimusiienko7326
      @oleksiimusiienko7326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@JulianScytheSpear stomp-stomp.

    • @JulianScytheSpear
      @JulianScytheSpear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@oleksiimusiienko7326 VULKAN LIVES! (STOMP-STOMP)

    • @carjosephmaligmat3978
      @carjosephmaligmat3978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JulianScytheSpear Vulkan: I want to boop that snoot

    • @Zephyrus0
      @Zephyrus0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vulkan (or Vulcan) is just the Roman version of Hephaestus, the creator of Talos. :]

  • @terrorbytez_3980
    @terrorbytez_3980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    never knew that Optimus Prime had an ancestor

    • @caesar7734
      @caesar7734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Olympus Prime

  • @CrayRT
    @CrayRT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    Moral of the story:
    If you are facing an undefeatable opponent, his weakness is in the heel.

    • @vittxrio5198
      @vittxrio5198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Greek myth in a nutshell

    • @razi_man
      @razi_man 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I thought it was the balls, but that makes sense too.

    • @leighharveycabatic8791
      @leighharveycabatic8791 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I mean, Hephaestus gave Talos a literal Achilles' Heel

  • @MichaelSmith-ij2ut
    @MichaelSmith-ij2ut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +779

    This explains Talos' use of the Numidium to conquer Tamriel.

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      TES fans finally getting the reference decades later...

    • @Jasondurgen
      @Jasondurgen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      TheArklyte sorry not everyone can be as cool as you with knowing this useless information.

    • @theprimegamers4223
      @theprimegamers4223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Plot twist this was written by hiemsker

    • @ra_alf9467
      @ra_alf9467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *TALOS IS THE TRUE GOD OF MAN*

    • @DarkArtistKaiser
      @DarkArtistKaiser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheArklyte
      To be fair, it was lore that wasn't exactly in our face, neither did I know of this myth til I saw this video. But once I put the two together it made alot of sense.

  • @jakecannanite4558
    @jakecannanite4558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The interesting part about how Talos in TES used a Bronze Golem to conquer the summerset isles. Whereas the Greek Talos was a brass Automaton that guarded an ilsland

  • @obscuremix8198
    @obscuremix8198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    As a fan of robots and robot related fiction, I fell in love with the video, the animation and the myth of Talos. Thank you very much TED-Ed.

  • @cloeyay
    @cloeyay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +784

    *The ancient iron man*

    • @BrunoFialho86
      @BrunoFialho86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      You mean bronze man

    • @quintenwhyte6660
      @quintenwhyte6660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The ancient Sentinel

    • @minms38
      @minms38 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Loki's destroyer Greek version

    • @evangelakillian4273
      @evangelakillian4273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      More like iron giant

    • @HelamanGile
      @HelamanGile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BrunoFialho86 you beat me to it

  • @madcat789
    @madcat789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    WORSHIP THE ALMIGHTY TALOS, FOR I *LOVE* YOH!

    • @stiffpictures8971
      @stiffpictures8971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      madcat789 *TALOS WORSHIP IS ILLEGAL! HALT!*
      “You have committed crimes against Skyrim and her people. What say you in your defense?”

    • @rorya01ok37
      @rorya01ok37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@stiffpictures8971 *presses b* Guard: alright then...

  • @ApollyonZKX
    @ApollyonZKX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "By Ysmir, you won't leave here alive!"
    - Some random nord

  • @popcornin
    @popcornin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Ah Yes, I never knew Mighty Talos was Interested In Dwemer Technology, but I'm still Wondering... how in the Nine did talos turn into a Nord again?

    • @alexanderticonuwu7591
      @alexanderticonuwu7591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      First he was a Breton, then we blinked and he's now a Nord.

    • @QueueWithACapitalQ
      @QueueWithACapitalQ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      im guessing its just the nords viewing him in thier own image, like with the other races, the altmer seeing this HUMAN god doesnt like it and cant intergrate it as it is just to well known that he is human so they tried to suppress his worship

    • @samuelwithers2221
      @samuelwithers2221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@QueueWithACapitalQ Talos has CHIM. He can reshape the land, himself, and all within the Aurbis if he wills it. Under such royalty, history is fluid and fickle.

    • @TheAnalatheist
      @TheAnalatheist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Numidium moment

    • @DarkArtistKaiser
      @DarkArtistKaiser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@samuelwithers2221
      Oh god I never thought of that. That means just about any race could say "Talos was of our race" and they wouldn't be wrong.

  • @fredrik3614
    @fredrik3614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1027

    Hey, you. You're finally awake.

    • @MrAxeswinger
      @MrAxeswinger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      You were trying to cross the border, right?

    • @Gala-yp8nx
      @Gala-yp8nx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Eccentric Misfit “The Empire was nice and lazy until you Stormcloaks showed up. I’d be halfway to Hammerfell by now if it wasn’t for you.”

    • @nice3333333333
      @nice3333333333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@Gala-yp8nx
      You there. You and me (th-cam.com/video/_zPlr-o-YEQ/w-d-xo.html) - we shouldn't be here. It's these Stormcloaks the Empire wants.

    • @cremaglitch
      @cremaglitch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@nice3333333333 We're all brothers and sisters in binds now, thief

    • @stiffpictures8971
      @stiffpictures8971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      a normal person Shaddup back there!

  • @kasinokaiser1319
    @kasinokaiser1319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Imagine if in the middle of 300, a robot creation comes out and starts beating up the Persians

    • @xxAnaconta
      @xxAnaconta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Little known fact, it was actually a massive automaton controlled by Themistocles that destroyed the Persian fleet at Salamis.

    • @kasinokaiser1319
      @kasinokaiser1319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      xxAnaconta
      But before that, the giant robot Leonidastron yeeted the Persian ogre and the elephants back towards Xerxes in his camp

    • @freetoplayking7362
      @freetoplayking7362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it would be as awesome as it would be historically inaccurate
      so it balances out

    • @kasinokaiser1319
      @kasinokaiser1319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mullerornis What are they called?

    • @kasinokaiser1319
      @kasinokaiser1319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mullerornis
      Then let's have a Mediterranean Transformers battle, directed by Mikalos Beyenes

  • @Treepelt
    @Treepelt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just realized Adrienne Mayor is the narrator! Her work is amazing, love it ❤️

    • @mjcastro82
      @mjcastro82 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Adrienne Mayor is the educator. Alexandra Panzer is the narrator according to the credits.

  • @bettaboi
    @bettaboi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    With open arms, with cheers and song, with joy in my heart and tears in my eyes! Praise be to Talos, this is a glorious day for Whiterun and for all Skyrim! Our liberators have come at last!

  • @user_name_not_taken_1856
    @user_name_not_taken_1856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1029

    I can just imagine ted ed reading the comments like: who are the thalmor??? Whats a white gold condordat???? Who is skyrim???

    • @ceej2198
      @ceej2198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Talos the mighty, Talos the unerring.

    • @stiffpictures8971
      @stiffpictures8971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah, but we commenters all thought the same thing

    • @meganward2638
      @meganward2638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I only made it one minute in before hitting the comments looking for TES5 references. lol

    • @otherkamelliabuddy
      @otherkamelliabuddy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ill explain. the Thalmor are from the game series called elder scrolls, which one of the games is Skyrim. in the Elder Scrolls, there was a war agreement called the white gold concordat. basically, the Viking race, the Nords, couldn't worship the god *Talos* or else the Thalmor, a bunch of elves who think they run the world, would destroy them all.

    • @Edit-nk6nb
      @Edit-nk6nb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably not confused, it's not like Skyrim was a sleeper hit.

  • @OfMiceAndMegabytes
    @OfMiceAndMegabytes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Wow! The Greeks even had sci-fi??? I'll definitely be looking more into this😊

    • @gm683
      @gm683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You can search for "True histories"/"A true story" by Lucian, a greek author born in 120 AD so not that ancient. He wrote about traveling to the moon, extraterrestrials and interplanetary warfare.

  • @thepomelo7253
    @thepomelo7253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Something that stuck out to me in this video was the depiction of Hephaestus. I love this image of him as this almost dwarven smith with a big beard, but I think there was a little bit of a missed opportunity in this design. Hephaestus is described as "lame" in Greek myth, sometimes as a result of a birth defect in his leg and sometimes a result of an injury sustained from his fall from Olympus. Certain accounts depict him as walking with a cane or even using a wheeled chair or tripod of his own design for mobility. The dynamic of a god with a disability is really interesting, as it not only gives representation to an often underrepresented group but it shows their capabilities are nothing short of legendary. I'd love to see what you guys can do with Hephaestus' design in a future video, disability and all.

    • @MOMOFCJ6
      @MOMOFCJ6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Greeks were not thinking about representation

    • @Revo5660
      @Revo5660 ปีที่แล้ว

      Greeks: *decide to show that disabled people can be just as good at certain things as others*
      Twitter:

  • @powersurge05
    @powersurge05 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Aye, love. Love! Even as man, great Talos cherished us. For he saw in us, in each of us, the future of Skyrim! The future of Tamriel!

  • @victorxu1903
    @victorxu1903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    I love Greek mythology, nice work!

    • @wastelesslearning1245
      @wastelesslearning1245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kewei Xu Here ye! Here ye! Come marvel at our ancient technology ages ahead of its time! We got steam engines, water clocks, steam rocket birds, geomatic theorems, mechanisms that throw ships, laser ships, napalm ships. We of course don’t just destroy ships: come aboard our luxury liner built for royalty by Archimedes himself. Rumor has it he had to invent new maths just make the thing float with that added luxury. Oh yeah and a popular variation of the alphabet, Latin roots for scientists to pat themselves on the back for using, medical philosophy along with you know... the rest of the other kinds of Philosophy’s. Rest In Peace Antiquity. RIP.

    • @wastelesslearning1245
      @wastelesslearning1245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And that’s just one section of the ancient world. Arabs, Chinese, ect. Had amazing technology as well.

    • @viveka2994
      @viveka2994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wastelesslearning1245 still doesnt compare to the dwemer, they tried to become gods and probably succeeded

    • @notevencalm
      @notevencalm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wastelesslearning1245 not Arabs lmao, Indians had

    • @wastelesslearning1245
      @wastelesslearning1245 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@notevencalm Islamic golden age was quite inspired. "Book of ingenious mechanical devices" and their AC and cooling archtiecture and astrolabes were brilliant.

  • @typhoonofideas
    @typhoonofideas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Nice episode. Humans' capacity for empathy is so big that they can empathize even with robots' tears.

    • @samuelwithers2221
      @samuelwithers2221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's because robots are an inherently human idea, and thus we will always see ourselves in them, for they are our children, in a sense

  • @anhang8834
    @anhang8834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "so you will give me immortality if i remove the bolt?"
    "well yes, but actually no"
    "so that's a pinging lie-"

  • @SmallAlexMoney
    @SmallAlexMoney 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    “My ancestors are smiling upon me imperials! can you say the same?”

  • @riverstyxvacation9597
    @riverstyxvacation9597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    "He possessed an internal life that his victims could scarcely imagine."
    *ROCK...TREE...*

    • @imthecoolestguyalive
      @imthecoolestguyalive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You stay. I go. No following.

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mind the size of a planet, and all he had to do was defend an island.

  • @echoesofpast678
    @echoesofpast678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    "It's too late, the Numidium was awake".

    • @YasonYou
      @YasonYou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thisssss

    • @hamzaferoz6162
      @hamzaferoz6162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      When the Brass Tower Walks and Time is Reshaped

    • @gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750
      @gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Come, look upon the Heart and Akulahkhan

    • @hamzaferoz6162
      @hamzaferoz6162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750 I'm a god how can you kill a god?
      What a grand and intoxicating Innocence

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hamzaferoz6162 Shame on you sweet Nerevar

  • @tiananguyen2894
    @tiananguyen2894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Argonauts: Like Greek avengers
    Talos: Loki being tortured for having the innocence of a baby

  • @MarioPreguisoso
    @MarioPreguisoso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Poor Talos, he just wanted to be one of the Divines

  • @fl00fydragon
    @fl00fydragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    They were making basic robots 2500 years ago.
    Damn, we really did stall human progress during the dark ages.

    • @joemelton4747
      @joemelton4747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No we just made progress in other fields

    • @fl00fydragon
      @fl00fydragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@joemelton4747 Like what?
      What did humanity gain from the dark ages?

    • @joemelton4747
      @joemelton4747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@fl00fydragon it was the Islamic golden age for starters and
      Astrology
      Ligatures(tying off blood vessels for surgery)
      Gunpowder
      Mechanical clocks
      Architecture
      Printing press
      Windmills
      Seeing glasses
      Paper money
      Liquor
      Compass
      Greek fire (napalm)
      Not to mention the hundreds of other inventions

    • @fl00fydragon
      @fl00fydragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@joemelton4747 Turns out that archemedes created it and were it not purged we'd be 500-1000 years ahead of today.
      Basically the ancient world was half a century away, if not less, from a steam revolution when it fell to christianity.

    • @joemelton4747
      @joemelton4747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fl00fydragon what I'm trying to say is without the dark ages we would still be in ancient times
      You have to respect how much they made

  • @Mike_Ka-Chowski
    @Mike_Ka-Chowski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +650

    "ancient robots were more than just myths"
    They're more than myths the eye????

    • @mfmr200
      @mfmr200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The first transformer

    • @samuelwithers2221
      @samuelwithers2221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      *laughs in Cybertronian*

    • @GraveUypo
      @GraveUypo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      NO! bad! BAD!

    • @David_Punzalan
      @David_Punzalan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This makes me.. I can’t put in words how bad this is.. It’s so bad it’s funny.

    • @mr.fishy1252
      @mr.fishy1252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But the real question is was it a autobot or decepticon

  • @ixwstudios
    @ixwstudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When he shedded that tear I was done, hit the feels with that one right there

  • @dikshantacharya2965
    @dikshantacharya2965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Talos be like, giant metal bubble full of liquid metal, Hard on the outside but soft on the inside both mental and physical.

  • @akramgdr9492
    @akramgdr9492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    The amount of skyrim references in the comments tho.

  • @searinox111
    @searinox111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +578

    I'm reporting this to the thalmor

    • @dexterboolan6441
      @dexterboolan6441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Casio fx-570ES PLUS stop right there
      You have committed a crime against skyrim and it’s people
      What see you in your defense?

    • @almirante_kiko
      @almirante_kiko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol !!!!

    • @almirante_kiko
      @almirante_kiko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was hoping for this

    • @Seifereus
      @Seifereus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dexter Boolan I’d rather die!

    • @l0remipsum991
      @l0remipsum991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Talos smite you!

  • @pigoverlord8250
    @pigoverlord8250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just realized something, since he was already immortal, she could’ve just asked for safe passage and not done anything to him, and he’d think he was immortal.

  • @justinwilliam6534
    @justinwilliam6534 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It does prove that maybe mechanical marvels like automatons or robot could be given all the emotions and feelings a human can ever experience in a lifetime.

  • @oatsie8727
    @oatsie8727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I remember reading parts of this in The Talos Principle, a game all about AI. Really interesting to see the parallels

  • @Kastor774
    @Kastor774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    Broke: Skyrim references
    Woke: Talos Principle references
    Seriously go play it.

    • @entropiCCycles
      @entropiCCycles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Or "The Talos Principle"

    • @Kastor774
      @Kastor774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Damn, got the name wrong sorry

    • @thelasttaarakian
      @thelasttaarakian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No

    • @RampageSinMinas
      @RampageSinMinas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was specting this, just ended road to gehenna

    • @quoccuongtran724
      @quoccuongtran724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      choke: Dwarf Fortress reference, as the Bronze Colossi

  • @nicodemoarmenise3769
    @nicodemoarmenise3769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The vase is in a museum in my hometown! So proud of my little town! It's Ruvo di Puglia for anyone curious and the vase is held in the archeological museum "Jatta"

  • @poopooboiz3578
    @poopooboiz3578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I truly enjoyed this episode

  • @aisadal2521
    @aisadal2521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Ooh, never knew Mechas originated from Greece!

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Twisting Dervole
      Basically, a Mazinger Z plot.

    • @crackedemerald4930
      @crackedemerald4930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a robot, not a mech

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@crackedemerald4930
      Tell that to the Power Rangers (some of the Zords are nonpiloted), Super Sentai (a lot of literal deus ex machina and some will outright kill any human as some much try to lay finger in their robot body), and Tetsujin 28 fans.

    • @reading6914
      @reading6914 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Johny Marcial you do realize super sentai is the original version of power rangers right?

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Incognito Mode
      Well! Do you actually saw Super Sentai, especially Kyoryu Sentai Zyurangers, the season that got heavily edited to become Mighty Morphin Power Rangers by Saban Pictures?

  • @allseeingaids9734
    @allseeingaids9734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    A hero doesn't use a power like the Voice to *_murder his king and usurp his throne!_*

    • @seldomstudios6351
      @seldomstudios6351 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *laughs in internet*

    • @nenakelly742
      @nenakelly742 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also I think you just super jealous cause you dont have the thu'um

    • @pyromike7237
      @pyromike7237 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was a fair fight General Dickilus

    • @manastrivedi3841
      @manastrivedi3841 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey you, you're finally awake

  • @QueueWithACapitalQ
    @QueueWithACapitalQ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    After seeing the title my first thought was to The Elder Scrolls lore where Tiber Septim, or Talos, conquered tamriel with a giant robot called Numidium. Numidium was built by the Dwemer, more commenly known as Dwarves and is powered by the Heart of Lorkhan. Lorkhan is*1 an Aedra*2 who was cast out of Aetherius*3 by the other Aedra.
    Theres a guy named talos who is associated with a giant robot powered by gods
    *1 (or was)
    *2 (god)
    *3 (basically heaven, though where your soul goes after you die depends on other factors such as who you worshiped or how you died as you may end up a lost spirit or traped in a soul gem destined for the soul carin (where used souls go))

  • @Vsaintrowx
    @Vsaintrowx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    For he saw in us, in each of us, the future of Skyrim! The future of Tamriel!

  • @MDR098
    @MDR098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    They say tiber septim himself was a dragonborn

    • @ra_alf9467
      @ra_alf9467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In their tongue, he is the dovahlaan
      DRAGONBOT

  • @Aipe97
    @Aipe97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    The Talos from Elder Scrolls is probably a reference to this Talos, since the Elder Scrolls one used a giant robot to become immortalized as a god.

    • @mysteriousmoss
      @mysteriousmoss 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No Talos killed the snow elves I'm pretty sure there's no "giant robot" in the lore of Talos from elder scrolls V

    • @Jordloopin
      @Jordloopin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@mysteriousmoss lmao not in TES V but from previous games and in-game books. The giant robot Numidium was a central part of TES II's plot. Also, the snow elves were wiped out way before Talos even came into the picture, it was a guy called Ysgramor who wiped them out.

    • @nikolaradovanovic6246
      @nikolaradovanovic6246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mysteriousmoss In TES III Morrowind you could actually see the giant robot being rebuilt by Dagoth Ur yourself in the final quest. Also Talos used Numidium to conquer Summerset Isles. And Tiber Septim wasnt even born during the eradication of falmer. It was Ysgramor that wiped out most of their population

    • @SilverGamingFI
      @SilverGamingFI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nikolaradovanovic6246 no, in TES 3 the giant robot was the Akulakhan, not the Numidium. In TES 2 you'll see the Numidium if I recall correctly

    • @nikolaradovanovic6246
      @nikolaradovanovic6246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SilverGamingFI yeah, but if I remember correctly, Akulakhan was Voryn's recreation of Numidium. But yeah Numidium was lost in time and space during the siege of Alinor afaik. Sorry if I got something wrong I read the lore a few years ago

  • @MrxDerpReal
    @MrxDerpReal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't know this classic Mecha series existed, time to binge

  • @TheMagnumDon
    @TheMagnumDon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    *_Hello, my friend! If you seek knowledge about mighty Talos, you have most certainly come to the right person. In mortal life, Talos was a Nord possessed of unmatched tactical skill, limitless wisdom and the power to see into men's hearts. Talos mastered the power of the Voice, and with it he united the lands of men into a great Empire. In southern lands, he was known by the name Tiber Septim. Here in Skyrim, we honor him by his proper Nord name. So great was his reign in life, when he ascended to the heavens he was made lord of the Divines. If you want to know more, I'm sure you can find any number of tomes on the subject_*

  • @sergiograndio577
    @sergiograndio577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    *IM REPORTING THIS VIDEO TO THE THALMOR EMBASSY*

    • @hazardeur
      @hazardeur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can worship anyone I want!!!!

    • @TheAilmam
      @TheAilmam 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      A jojo reference referring to skyrim references

    • @FBI-5O
      @FBI-5O 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      STOP! YOU VIOLATED THE LAW! PAY THE COURT A FINE OR SERVE YOUR SENTENCE.

  • @ederbarrero5585
    @ederbarrero5585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    So... the Talos bolt instead of the Aquiles ankle? Got it!

    • @fabjee99
      @fabjee99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its "Achilles" not "Aquiles"

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Amphibious Talos is fearsome, indeed.
    I am embarrassed that I did not catch on to the Greek origin of FFXIV's Talos automatons just from the name alone.

  • @MythopoeicNavid
    @MythopoeicNavid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Adrienne Mayor's nonfiction book "Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World" is terrific reading if you like mythology.

  • @TheCusita93
    @TheCusita93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Loved this myth, never heard it before! I look forward to this series every week, I can't get enough of these myths.

  • @aaaadit5155
    @aaaadit5155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    So that’s what Transformers: The Last knight missed
    Talos was Optimus Prime’s grandfather

  • @pleasedontwastefood
    @pleasedontwastefood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0:37 Powered by Intel i-Chor 57000

  • @mrx4022
    @mrx4022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Me: sees the name Talos
    *_SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS!_*

  • @hamzaferoz6162
    @hamzaferoz6162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    TALOS THE UNERRING
    TALOS THE MIGHTY
    RISE UP CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE
    RISE UP STORMCLOAKS

  • @ahnaafnaaeer1882
    @ahnaafnaaeer1882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Only ted ed knows how to make a myth interesting to learn through awesome animations and immaculate narration and description. Thanks Ted ed!

  • @AK-sb7cr
    @AK-sb7cr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    While I feel bad for Talos, the Argonauts would have died a dozen times on Colchis itself if not for Medea

  • @AlyssonAugusto
    @AlyssonAugusto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Talos Principle is the best game to understand what this history can teach us.

  • @virgilev1754
    @virgilev1754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This myth makes "The Greeks created the first Megazord." a surprisingly true sentence.

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude! You're just describe Go Nagai's Mazinger Z, the first true mecha anime, in a nutshell. Seriously, I am not kidding. Google the summary of Mazinger Z. It's worth it.

  • @galleryg998
    @galleryg998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I haven’t heard this one before! Thank you for sharing!

  • @jax5498
    @jax5498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Talos: *Is a robot*
    Also Talos: *Accepts the offer to become immortal*
    My brain: -10

  • @raisingelephant
    @raisingelephant ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent!

  • @steampoweredmaniac5359
    @steampoweredmaniac5359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    The High Elves would like to know your location.

    • @akumaking1
      @akumaking1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Warhammer Elves?

    • @steampoweredmaniac5359
      @steampoweredmaniac5359 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@akumaking1 I don't even really remember what I was referring to, sure.

    • @hyperboreanarchives7299
      @hyperboreanarchives7299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@akumaking1 Elder scrolls, because the name Talos is borrowed by the writers of ES lore & given to a mortal turned God, whom the high elves (Thalmor) later forbade men from worshipping.

  • @kenguyii9108
    @kenguyii9108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Talos: the Greeks’ answer to The Iron Giant.

    • @houselemuellan8756
      @houselemuellan8756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bronze is better than iron after all

    • @retsaweman
      @retsaweman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More like: The Iron Giant: The Americans' answer to Talos

  • @magentaplatinum1430
    @magentaplatinum1430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:59
    guy on ship: Is... Is that the bermuda triangle god??

  • @sashaztoriez3667
    @sashaztoriez3667 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!

  • @jkzac
    @jkzac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    The moment I see the title I knew there's going to be a skyrim references in the comment

    • @stiffpictures8971
      @stiffpictures8971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      JK Charlz this is what I came for. I was confused when I saw the name Talos. I was like “wait, TedEd doing Skyrim? Ooooohhhhh....it’s a Greek Myth. Wait, Talos is a Greek Myth?”

  • @emilymitulski5392
    @emilymitulski5392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I like to think Talos gained human sentience from the ichor because of its association with the divine.

  • @matthewfernandez2698
    @matthewfernandez2698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Who else heard that part where the Greeks made "real robot servants and birds" and was like yeah right

  • @StarBoundFables
    @StarBoundFables 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Talos is awesome 😃 & so is this series 🙏🏽

  • @derkaiser420
    @derkaiser420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One of my favorite myths. Even back then Greeks were studying the minds of machines even though they weren't invented or seen before. Pretty amazing. I fear modern human will create a machine (hopefully on accident) that will be able to feel emotion and think for itself. I pray that doesn't happen.

  • @polybotics1855
    @polybotics1855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What I learned
    -Talos is the first 'robot' ever recorded.
    -the robot originated from Crete and was made to replace faulty soilders
    -Igor was his power sytem
    -This guardian is bronze and went around the island 3 times a day
    -Jason and Media led to the end of this bronze giant by unskrewing a bolt that held the Igor.
    -Hephaestus created this robot becaue in Greek mythology, Hephaestus is the god of technology.
    -Please correct me if I'm incorrect, or add additional things.
    -

  • @brndonlu9635
    @brndonlu9635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Ted-ed's design of Talos. Their design are the best

  • @willcoldbert3720
    @willcoldbert3720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Ted-Ed always has something new for me. Great video, Thanks guys!!

  • @starcloak
    @starcloak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    So this is the iron giant's bronze cousin or what? Another myth from the Greeks that I'd never heard of before this moment. Video was very cute❤️

  • @kumottakun6089
    @kumottakun6089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:19 Medea: the first tiktoker

  • @pepethedeplorablefrog2224
    @pepethedeplorablefrog2224 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Talos the mighty! Talos the unerring! Talos the unassailable! To you we give praise!!!

  • @bornoktritoh3802
    @bornoktritoh3802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    He protecc
    He attacc
    but most importantly,
    *His chest is hot af*

    • @tonykhang1984
      @tonykhang1984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that can go both way for some peoples

    • @Senai29920
      @Senai29920 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      literally