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MAN OF BRASS

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Man of Brass (The). Talos, the work of Hephæstos (Vulcan). He traversed Crete to prevent strangers from setting foot on the island, and threw rocks at the Argonauts to prevent their landing. Talos used to make himself red-hot, and hug intruders to death.
"That portentous Man of Brass
Hephæstos made in days of yore,
Who stalked about the Cretan shore ...
And threw stones at the Argonauts
Longfellow: The Wayside Inn. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: MAN OF BRASS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-f-m-n-o-r-s-s"

-3 letters: oarsman, ramsons, ransoms, sambars.

-4 letters: abomas, aromas, arsons, barman, barons, forams, manors, masons, morass, ramson, ransom, romans, sabras, sambar, sambas, sambos, samosa, sansar, sarans, sofars, sonars.

-5 letters: aboma, afars, amass, ambos, anoas, aroma, arson, barfs, barms, barns, baron, basso, boars, boras, brans, brass, fanos, farms, faros, foams, foram, forbs, forms, fossa, frass, frons.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MAN OF BRASS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 41 4E      4F 46      42 52 41 53 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01001110 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000010 01010010 01000001 01010011 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#78 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#66 &#82 &#65 &#83 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 004E      004F 0046      0042 0052 0041 0053 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4735482494023652355353

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