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Talos

（Τάλως).

1. A son of Perdix, the sister of Daedalus. He himself was a disciple of Daedalus, and is said to have invented several instruments used in the mechanical arts; but Daedalus incensed by envy thrust him down the rock of the Acropolis at Athens. The Athenians worshipped him as a hero. (Apollod. 3.15.9; Diod. 4.76; Schol. ad Eur. Orest. 1643 ; Lucian, Pisc. 42.) Pausanias (1.21.6, 26.5, 7.4.5) calls him Calos, and states that he was buried on the road leading from the theatre to the Acropolis. polis. Hyginus (Fab. 39, 274) and Ovid (Ov. Met. 8.255; comp. Serv. ad Virg. Georg. 1.143, Aen. 5.14) call him Perdix, which, according to the common tradition, was the name of his father.

William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

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