Talos 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 may have been a survivor from the Age of Bronze, a descendant of the brazen race that sprang from "meliae" "ash-tree nymphs" according to "Argonautica" 4. The conception that Hesiod's men of the Age of Bronze were actually made of bronze is extended to men of the age of
Escape from the Island of Aquarius Escape from the Island of Aquarius Escape from the Island of Aquarius is a 1986 Christian novel by Frank E. Peretti, and the first sequel to "The Door in the Dragon's Throat" in the Cooper Kids Adventure Series.In this installment, the Coopers travel to the island of Aquarius in the South Pacific to locate a missing missionary who was previously presumed dead. In the South Pacific, a fishing boat finds a man lying dead on a makeshift raft, with a note bearing the name Adam MacKenzie. Dr. Jake Cooper and his children Jay and Lila subsequently travel to the mysterious