 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 gold by Lucian for humorous effect.The pseudo-Platonic dialogue "Minos" rationalized the myth, thrice yearly showing at each village in turn the laws of Minos inscribed on brass tablets.