A cupreous nail was wedged in utmost his unique vein that began from the nape and led to his ankle. His brassy body was kept live by the ichor, the Olympian blood that flowed in his vein.

Origin
Various opinions exist for his origin, which, upon an opinion, is related with the myth of Europe’s kidnapping. The Jupiter kidnapped the beautiful girl of Aginora from the Tyros or the Sedona, after he cheated her transformed himself in a bull. He led her to the bridal bed under the shade of a platan tree at Gortyna. Afterwards he offered her three gifts, a dog that nothing could escape from him, a quiver with arrows which could find their target and a cupreous giant, the protector of Crete, called Talos. Also other opinions exist for his origin. Apollodoros says that he was manufactured by Ifestos, the God of fire and iron and he had offered him to King Minoa in order to guard Crete. Other say that he is the son of Kritos, and that the Kris was Jupiter’s and a nymph’s son. Still they say that this giant was belonged in the human race of Copper Period. Finally, for other he was Rodamanthys’ brother, third brother of Minoa or dignitary in his service.

Role
According to Philosopher Plato, aside of Rodamanthos, who was the guardian of the laws in the city, the King Minoa assigned the same duty to Talos for the other regions of Crete. Indeed, Talos passed three times a year from all the villages of Crete, supervising the implementation of laws. He carried them everywhere with him placed on his back, engraved in cupreous boards. Later writers couldn’t believe that there was existed a cupreous person, therefore they said that because he carried the plates he was named Talos. Talos, according to the legend, was dowered with such an amazing agility that allowed him to reach very rapidly in all the points of Crete. They said also that he was winged. He did not have arms but he was however capable to fight alone with any fleet. He turned away, by throwing pieces of rocks towards the foreigners who attempted to enter the island. And, if some boat accomplished to reach the coasts, again Talos was the one that did not leave the enemy to go ahead. He was used to enter the fire and to burn his body. What was leaned by the glowing metal, immediately it was burned. Thus, as he was glowing he was approaching the enemies, he embraced them tightly and he was burning them

Fairy tales
The legend of Talos was dear in Crete, as the hero was dear himself, too. The residents of Festos put his engraved body on the local coins. He is portrayed on them as young, naked and with feathers in the shoulders. Thus, perhaps, they interpreted his swiftness to anticipate to cover three times the day the island of Crete and to protect them from hostile raids and the piratesTalos was the brazen warder of Crete. Flesh or Bronze. Man or bull. Some have said that Talos was son of Cres and father of Hephaestus. But others affirm that he was a creature made of bronze, given by Zeus to Europa, or by Hephaestus to Minos 2, to be the warder of Crete; and whereas some have asserted that he was a brazen man, others have said that he was a bull. Talos, yet others affirm, was the last of a generation of men of bronze, sprung from the ash-trees. Talos guarded Crete by running round the island three times every day, and when intruders appeared he pelted them with stones. He would keep guarding eternally the island of Crete, if a witch, niece of queen Pasifae, was not misleading him and killing him. Talos, made by bronze, destroyed by the ARGONAUTS So he did against the expedition of the ARGONAUTS, throwing at them stones which he had broken off from the cliffs. But as Medea was with the ARGONAUTS, she, they say, enchanted him, or drove him mad, promising to make him immortal. Now Talos, who was made of bronze, had beneath the sinew by his ankle a red vein with its issues of life and death covered by a thin skin; and in that part there was a nail, which Medea drew out, so that all the ichor gushed out. Yet it is also told that Talos, being bewitched by Medea, grazed his ankle on a pointed crag, causing the ichor to gush out. This is how Talos perished, but others believe that Poeas, father of Philoctetes, shot him dead in the ankle

Bibliography
1. 1. "Cretan Mythology", Nikos Psyllakis, publications KARMANOR, p.: 136-141
2. "Big Greek Mythology", Z. Rispen, Publications Avlos, Volume B, p.: 204,.248
3. "Greek Mythology", Ekdotiki Athinon, Volume 3, p.: 267-268