Gods and Robots. Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology

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Fig. 1.7. Top, Talos crushing Castor and Pollux to his
chest, while a woman opens a box and reaches toward
Talos’s ankle. Etruscan bronze mirror, about 460 BC,
drawing, 1859,0301.30. © The Trustees of the British
Museum. Bottom, Talos crushing two men, Etruscan
bronze mirror, 30480 Antikensammlung Staatliche
Museen, Berlin, photo by Sailko (Francesko Bini), 2014.

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