Greek mythology
Icarus
The boy who flew too near the sun on waxen wings
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Icarus is the son of Daedalus, given wings of feathers and wax to escape imprisonment on Crete. Warned by his father to fly neither too low nor too high, he is seized by the joy of flight and soars toward the sun. The wax melts, the feathers scatter, and he plunges into the sea that now bears his name.
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- Who is Icarus?
- Icarus is the son of Daedalus, given wings of feathers and wax to escape imprisonment on Crete. Warned by his father to fly neither too low nor too high, he is seized by the joy of flight and soars toward the sun.
- Which mythology does Icarus belong to?
- Icarus belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Icarus appear in?
- Icarus appears in Daedalus in Sicily: The End of the Labyrinth, The Minotaur, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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