Talos plug referred to the lost-wax method of casting. Robert Graves (whose interpretation of Greek mythology is controversial among many scholars) suggests that this myth is based on a misinterpretation of an image of Athena demonstrating the process of lost-wax casting of steel, which Daedalus would have brought to Sardinia. Talos In Greek mythology, Talos, also spelled Talus (; , "Talōs") or Talon (; , "Talōn"), was a giant automaton made of bronze to protect Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders. He circled the island's shores three times daily. Talos's bronze nature suggested to the author of "Bibliothēkē" that he
An Island in the Moon with the harmony of One Man, to renew and join together the arts of poetry and painting without going outside his own shop and his own head." As such, it is Erdman's contention that the primary background factor for "An Island" is the sense of anticipation and exuberance on the part of Blake, expectation for his new business venture and excitement regarding his new method of printing; "An Island" was thus borne from anticipation. Nevertheless, writing in 2003, Nick Rawlinson, who also disagrees with the 'rejection theory', points out that "the general critical consensus is that the eleven surviving chapters