Icarus
Son of the
inventor and architect Daedalus,
who was locked into the labyrinth of Knossos
after his father had helped Theseus
defeat the Minotaur.
Daedalus then made two pairs of wings for himself and his son, made of feathers
and wax. So, they flew away from their prison.
Despite his fathers warnings, Icarus flew too near the sun. The wax then melted
and the young man fell into the sea and drowned. Since then, the sea was called
the Icarian sea, and an island nearby called Icaria.
