Icarus
Publié le 17/01/2022
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Greek Son of the great inventor Daedalus.
When Daedalus wanted to escape from the
island of Crete, where he was being held prisoner by
King Minos, he invented and crafted wings from the
feathers of birds, held together by wax. He and Icarus
took flight, but Icarus ignored the warnings of his
father and flew too near the Sun. The heat of the Sun
melted the wax, and Icarus's wings fell apart. Icarus
plummeted into the sea and drowned.
The Icarian Sea, a part of the Aegean Sea between
Turkey and the Greek islands of Patmos and Leros, is
named after him.