xi ILLUSTRATIONS COLOR PLATES ( following p. 184)- Death of Talos
- Jason uses a tool to destroy Talos
- Foundry workers making a statue of an athlete
- Blacksmith at work with tools
- Medea rejuvenates a ram in her cauldron
- Realistic Bronze Ram of Syracuse
- Realistic bronze athlete
- Hephaestus making an animated horse statue
- Athena making a realistic horse statue
- Prometheus attaches arm to the first human skeleton
- Prometheus constructs the first human skeleton
- Epimetheus meets Pandora
- Zeus admires Pandora
- Pandora prepared for her mission on earth
FIGURES1.1. The bronze robot Talos, by Ray Harryhausen 8
1.2. Talos on coins of Phaistos, Crete 13
1.3. The death of the bronze automaton Talos 14
1.4. Death of Talos, detail 15
1.5. Jason uses a tool to destroy Talos 16
1.6. Detail, Jason using tool to remove bolt in Talos’s ankle 16
1.7. Talos crushing victims 18
1.8. Stone giant, Nuragic Sardinia 20
1.9. Foundry workers forging realistic statue of athlete in parts 25
1.10. Foundry scene, finishing a warrior statue 26