Daedalus and Icarus.

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Daedalus and Icarus.

In times, Minos, the king of Crete, invited the Athenian architect Daedalus to build a labyrinth for him. When the labyrinth was , King Minos jailed Daedalus and his Icarus in the labyrinth because he wanted to have this great architect in his island . Daedalus thought that the only way to was to fly out of prison. He made two sets of wings, one for himself and one for Icarus, and so, they flew away.

Daedalus told Icarus “Don’t fly too close to the sun. The sun the wax.” Icarus did not remember his father’s advice and flew 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 into the deep sea. His father flew over the 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.