Daedalus and Icarus Synopsis:
Daedalus, a genius craftsman and inventor, was commissioned by King Minos of Crete to construct a labyrinth for his pet Minotaur on the island of Crete. Upon the completion of the maze, King Minos rewarded the inventor and his son, Several days later, after the king's daughter was taken away, King Minos imprisoned Daedalus and Icarus on the island of Crete for being suspect in his daughter's disappearance. Daedalus spent a long time thinking about how he was going to free the both of them from King Mino's prison, until one day he noticed the birds flying overhead. That is when it hit him. Immediately he began working on an invention that would allow the two of them to fly away from their captors.
The two worked tirelessly to construct two pairs of wings made of feathers and wax. When they finished, they made their escape, taking to the air. Daedalus cautioned Icarus about flying too close to the sun, but when Icarus was in flight, overjoyed with the sensation of being free of the earth, ignored the warning. Icarus began to climb in altitude until finally the wax holding the wings together melted, leaving him to fall from the heavens to his death. He fell into the water by an island, later named Icaria by Daedalus. On this island Daedalus constructed a temple for the sun god Apollo, in which he stored his wings vowing never to fly again.
Daedalus, a genius craftsman and inventor, was commissioned by King Minos of Crete to construct a labyrinth for his pet Minotaur on the island of Crete. Upon the completion of the maze, King Minos rewarded the inventor and his son, Several days later, after the king's daughter was taken away, King Minos imprisoned Daedalus and Icarus on the island of Crete for being suspect in his daughter's disappearance. Daedalus spent a long time thinking about how he was going to free the both of them from King Mino's prison, until one day he noticed the birds flying overhead. That is when it hit him. Immediately he began working on an invention that would allow the two of them to fly away from their captors.
The two worked tirelessly to construct two pairs of wings made of feathers and wax. When they finished, they made their escape, taking to the air. Daedalus cautioned Icarus about flying too close to the sun, but when Icarus was in flight, overjoyed with the sensation of being free of the earth, ignored the warning. Icarus began to climb in altitude until finally the wax holding the wings together melted, leaving him to fall from the heavens to his death. He fell into the water by an island, later named Icaria by Daedalus. On this island Daedalus constructed a temple for the sun god Apollo, in which he stored his wings vowing never to fly again.
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