Editing Humanoid robot (section)

=== Greece ===
The Greek god of blacksmiths, [[Hephaestus]], created several different humanoid automata in various myths. In Homer's ''Iliad,'' Hephaestus created golden handmaidens and imbued them with human-like voices to serve as speaking tools or instruments.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|last=Gera|first=Deborah Levine|title=Ancient Greek ideas on speech, language, and civilization|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-925616-0|location=Oxford|oclc=52486031}}</ref> Another Greek myth details how Hephaestus crafted a giant bronze [[automaton]] named Talos to protect the island of Crete from invaders.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|last=University|first=Stanford|date=2019-02-28|title=Ancient myths reveal early fantasies about artificial life|url=https://news.stanford.edu/2019/02/28/ancient-myths-reveal-early-fantasies-artificial-life/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=Stanford News|language=en}}</ref>