![]() Brazen heads, attributed to numerous scholars involved in the introduction of Arabian science to medieval Europe, particularly Roger Bacon (13th century).Talos, bronze giant Talos in Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica, 3rd century BCE. ![]() The myth of Pygmalion, king of Cyprus, tells of a lonely man who sculpted his ideal woman, Galatea, from ivory, and promptly fell in love with her after the goddess Aphrodite brought her to life. ![]() Another legend has Hephaestus being commanded by Zeus to create the first woman, Pandora, out of clay. In Book 18 of the Iliad, Hephaestus the god of all mechanical arts, was assisted by two moving female statues made from gold – "living young damsels, filled with minds and wisdoms".
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