Automatons

 

Automatons, or Colossi, were men, animals and monsters crafted out of metal and made animate in order to perform various tasks. They were created by the divine smith, Hephaestus. The Athenian inventor Daedalus also manufactured automatons.

• The Hippoi Kabeirikoi, four bronze horse-shaped automatons crafted by Hephaestus to draw the chariot of the Cabeiri

• The Keledones, singing maidens sculpted out of gold by Hephaestus

• The Khalkotauroi, fire-breathing bulls created by Hephaestus as a gift for Aeëtes.

• The Kourai Khryseai, golden maidens sculpted to Hephaestus to attend him in his household.

• Talos, a giant man made out of bronze to protect Europa Esther