Daedalus and Icarus

Gap-fill exercise
by Papadamos Konstantinos

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
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In ancient times, Minos, the of Crete, invited the famous Athenian architect Daedalus to build a labyrinth for him. When the labyrinth was , King Minos jailed Daedalus and his son Icarus in the labyrinth he wanted to have this great architect in his island forever. Daedalus thought that the only way to was to fly out of prison. He made two sets of wax wings, one for and one for Icarus, and so, they flew away. Daedalus told Icarus “Don’t fly too to the sun. The sun melts the wax.” Icarus did not remember his father’s and flew higher and higher until his wax wings started to melt. He his arms faster and faster. The fast movement of arms did not help much and Icarus fell into the sea. His father flew over the place where Icarus fell. Daedalus looked hard but he could not find his son. He the sea “Icarian Sea” after his son’s name. Of course this is a but it is the first flight accident.