Near to the sun god named Helios, Apollo, Titan or Hyperion, as Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the seaĪs this may dampen his wings and he could fall in and drown or too Soon enough the day when they knew that they were ready to go Next equipped his son and himself with the wings, they tied them to Gave the whole wing a gentle curvature like the wings of a bird. The larger ones he secured with thread and the smaller with wax. He tied feathers together, from smallest to largest. Daedalus wasĪ great inventor and had seen birds flying this inspired him toĬonstruct two pairs of wings, one pair for him and the other pairįor his son. Where they would have to cross raging, guarded waters. But they could only get as far as the edge of the island They made there way out and hid inĭaedalus knew that they had to run away from King Minos and his His son and him ventured through the tunnels, engulfed inĭarkness and thick silence. Labyrinth (and in some versions a tall tower).ĭaedalus had built the labyrinth so he therefor knew his wayĪround. He decided to lock Daedalus and his son Icarus away in the Minosīlamed the outcome on Daedalus for badly creating the labyrinth, so Had killed the Minotaur and stolen his daughter from him. King Minos was furious, not only had Theseus survived, but he Successfully slayed the monster and escaped the labyrinth, he thenįled the lands of Minos with Ariadne by his side. The tunnels, then follow to find his way out with. Tie to the door of the labyrinth and unroll as he journeyed through Theseus a sword to slay the Minotaur and a large ball of string to Island of Crete he was introduced to the king's daughter, princessĪriadne, they instantly fell in love with each other. Within the maze and escape successfully, sparing the lives ofįourteen innocent people each year. Labyrinth as he believed that he could boldly slay the beast Named Theseus, asked to be one of the seven men sent to the This all continued for about twenty years until one brave hero, Their way through the pitch black tunnels to the Minotaur Some people lasted only hours, but some took days to find The Minotaur All got lost and were eaten by the Minotaur, no-oneĮscaped. They were sent one by one into the labyrinth to be served to Minos demanded that seven men and seven women were sent to him each The monster was always hungry for flesh, so King The Minotaur was born, Daedalus built the Labyrinth to imprison the From this she became pregnant with the Minotaur. ![]() Daedalus had constructed a wooden cowįor the queen to hide in to satisfy her love for a white bull sentīy Poseidon. Half man - half bull, bloodthirsty creature. ![]() LockedĪway inside the Labyrinth, a gigantic underground maze of seeminglyĮndless tunnels, was a horrific monster. One of his creations was the Labyrinth of the Minotaur. HeĬreated many objects for the King, that appear in various myths and Work for King Minos on the island of Crete about 1325 BCE. Credit for this went to his nephew instead. It was said that they were so realistic that if they weren'tĬhained up they would run away! Daedalus claimed to be the inventor Some people say he even gave them the power of being able to move. Previously had their arms stuck stiffly to their sides untilĭaedalus made statues with their bodies in natural positions and, In ancient Greek Daedalus means "Cunning Worker" and so he was,ĭaedalus was a well known craftsman and inventor. Originally passed by word of mouth and then written down in The inventor, architect and craftsman Daedalus and his son Icarus There are many different versions of the Greek myth or story of
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