DAEDALUS AND ICARUS

Good afternoon, everyone. I’m your reporter for this day and I
will present the mythology story of Daedalus and Icarus.
Daedalus and Icarus, an ancient Greek myth famously recorded
by the Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses. According to
the story, Daedalus, a mythical inventor, created wings made of
feathers and wax to escape from Crete where he and his son,
Icarus, were held captive by King Minos.

THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY ARE:

Daedalus. – the main character.
Icarus. – the son of Daedalus.
King Minos. – the King of Crete.
Talus – the nephew of Daedalus and cousin of Icarus.
Pasiphae. – the Wife of King Minos.
Minotaur. – the child of Pasiphae
Theseus. – the hero who is sent into labyrinth.
And Ariadne.
Crete is the SETTING for the story of Daedalus and Icarus. Crete
is said to be Greece’s largest island, and it is the setting for
many Greek mythological tales.
Daedalus and Icarus is one of these stories

The story of Daedalus and Icarus is one of the most famous

tales from Greek myth. The tale is often interpreted as being
fundamentally about the dangers of hubris, with Icarus’ flight a
metaphor for man’s overreaching of his limits (and coming to a
sticky end as a result). Now, let’s delve into it a little more.
SUMMARY:

Icarus was the son of Daedalus, the craftsman who built the
Labyrinth. Which King Minos ordered him to locked up
Minotaur. But after Daedalus aided Ariadne by telling her how
Theseus could escape the Labyrinth he’d designed, King Minos
locked Daedalus and his son, Icarus, inside the maze.

Ever the inventor, Daedalus fashioned some wings out of

feathers and wax, for him and his son to use to fly their way off
the island of Crete. They escaped and flew up into the sky.
Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun;
however, Icarus got carried away and promptly did just that,
upon which the wax in his wings melted. He fell to his death,
drowning in the sea surrounding the island of Samos, a sea
which is now named after him.