Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
5. INTRODUCTION. MADE, NOT BORN 1
6. CHAPTER 1. THE ROBOT AND THE WITCH: TALOS AND MEDEA 7
7. CHAPTER 2. MEDEA’S CAULDRON OF REJUVENATION 33
8. CHAPTER 3. THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY AND ETERNAL YOUTH 45
9. CHAPTER 4. BEYOND NATURE: ENHANCED POWERS BORROWED FROM GODS AND ANIMALS 61
10. CHAPTER 5. DAEDALUS AND THE LIVING STATUES 85
11. CHAPTER 6. PYGMALION’S LIVING DOLL AND PROMETHEUS’S FIRST HUMANS 105
12. CHAPTER 7. HEPHAESTUS DIVINE DEVICES AND AUTOMATA 129
13. CHAPTER 8. PANDORA: BEAUTIFUL, ARTIFICIAL, EVIL 156
14. CHAPTER 9. BETWEEN MYTH AND HISTORY: REAL AUTOMATA AND LIFELIKE ARTIFICES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 179
15. EPILOGUE. AWE, DREAD, HOPE: DEEP LEARNING AND ANCIENT STORIES 213
16. GLOSSARY 219
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 251
18. INDEX 265