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A-Z: General definitions: Daedalus and Icarus
Definition
Daedalus, father of Icarus, constructed the Labyrinth for king Minos. Later Minos accused him of providing the thread which Ariadne then gave to Theseus so that he could kill the Minotaur and escape from the Labyrinth. Minos accordingly refused to allow Daedalus and his son Icarus to leave Crete. Undeterred Daedalus fashioned wings for himself and his son. The island of Icaria and the Icarian Sea to the south of it bear witness to how far the pair succeeded in flying before disaster overcame Icarus who, ignoring his father's instructions, flew too close to the sun. The wax of his wings melted and he plunged to his death.
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A great engineer and craftsman who constructed the Labyrinth under Knossos and conquered flight.
Icarus - the son of Daedalus who died in the first flying accident.
The legendary home of the Minotaur, possibly a folk memory of the ruins of the labyrinthine palace of Knossos.
King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa, brother of Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon.
Daughter of King Minos of Crete, helped Theseus slay the Minotaur.
A great Athenian hero, the son of Aegeus (or Poseidon according to some versions) and Aethra.
Monster with a bull's head and a man's body, the offspring of the union between Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, and a bull.
Large Greek island in the Mediterranean.
Icaria ' an island off the coast of Asia Minor.
Icarian Sea - part of the south-eastern Aegean between the island of Icaria and Crete.
Monster with a bull's head and a man's body, the offspring of the union between Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, and a bull.
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