"DAEDALUS and ICARUS" (m2)

• Daedalus 


  His name means "skilled-worker" — was a famous architect, inventor, and master craftsman known for having created many objects that figure prominently in various myths.
• Daedalus had a beloved son named Icarus.
• Among the many inventions and creations crafted by Daedalus were the wooden cow he constructed for Queen Pasiphae, the Labyrinth of the Minotaur at Knossos on the island of Crete, artificial wings for himself and his son Icarus, and he was even said to have invented mages.
• King Minos of Crete 


  He hired and tasked Daedalus with one of his greatest projects: the construction of the Labyrinth, a vast, intricate maze designed to contain the Minotaur
• Perdix


  Was an apt scholar who showed striking evidence of ingenuity. But Daedalus was so envious of his nephew's accomplishments that he seized an opportunity to toss him from the hill of the Acropolis. But the goddess Athena turned him into a partridge to save him.
• Talos


  At the age of twelve, he displayed a skill that nearly rivaled his mentor's. Daedalus, fearing the boy would surpass him in talent, murdered the boy by tossing him from the Acropolis of Athens.
• He was then tried at the Areiopagus, which was the ancient greek court, and banished from his home city Athens. He fled to the island of Crete, where he began to work at the court of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae, in the magnificent palace of Knossos.
• When the dreadful Minotaur was born, Daedalus built the labyrinth to contain the monstrous half-man, half-bull.
• Athenian hero Theseus


  Came to crete to attempt to slay the Minotaur. Princess Ariadne, daughter of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae, fell in love with Theseus and asked Daedalus to help him.
• Why did King Minos imprison Daedalus in the Labyrinth?

  Because he was enraged at the loss of her daughter, and not to mention the killing of his pet Minotaur, he shut Daedalus and his son in the Labyrinth because he knew that Theseus could not have accomplished the deed without inside help.
• How did Daedalus and his son Icarus escape the Labyrinth?

  Since Minos controlled the land and sea routes, Daedalus realized that the only way to escape was to fly. To escape, he built wings for himself and Icarus, fashioned with feathers held together with wax.
• What did Daedalus warn Icarus not to do?

  He sternly cautioned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, as it would melt his wings, and not too close to the sea, as it would dampen them and make it hard to fly.
• What happened to Icarus?

  Icarus grew exhilarated by the thrill of flying and began to fly carelessly. The further away the Crete they flew, the more cocky became Icarus. Forgetting his father's stern advice, Icarus flew too close to the sun god Helios, who was pulling the sun behind his chariot high in the sky. The wax holding together his wings softened ad melted from the head and, try as he might, Icarus could not prevent the feathers from falling of his body. He furiously flapped his arms, but soon no feathers at all were left as he fell to his death. Drowning in the sea.
• Why did Daedalus leave his wings in the Altar of Apollo? Why wouldn't he want to fly some more?

  Daedalus grieved for his son's death. Lamenting his own arts, he called the land near the place where Icarus fell into the ocean Icaria in memory of his child. He built a temple for Apollo, and hung up his wings, as an offering to the Olympian God.
• Why did King Minus go in pursuit of locating Daedalus?

  He was vengeful and was hoping to locate and trick the great inventor into revealing himself. At each city he visited, He offered a reward to whoever could thread a spiral seashell, a seemingly impossible task.
• What happened to King Minos?

  When he came to Camicus in Sicily and presented the task at the Cocalus' court, Cocalus knew of Daedalus' talents and gave the shell to him. When Minos saw that someone had solved the puzzle he demanded that Cocalus surrender Daedalus. King Cocalus promised to do so, but he persuaded Minos to first take a bath and stay for some entertainment. Minos agreed and was murdered by Cocalus' daughters, who had been totally impressed by the toys and gifts that Daedalus had bestowed upon them and did not want harm to come to him.
• What happened to Daedalus afterward?

  He left Camicus, much to the dismay of King Cocalus and his daughters, and ended up in Sardinia with a group led by Lolaus, who was a nephew of Heracles.