Daedalus was a major architect and
inventor renowned throughout Greece but
that did not thought his and his son a
Karissa's imprisonment in the labyrinth
of King Minos in Crete facing the
accusations of conspiring against the
king and helped the hero Theseus defeat
the Minotaur de leurs was accountable
for the construction of the labyrinth
and therefore he knew that an escape was
unlikely and even if he managed to
escape the labyrinth Crete was patrolled
by land and sea by the army of Minos
after several days in prison the
ingenious inventor had an exquisite idea
he asked his son to collect pieces of
wood while he drew the draft of his new
project Daedalus then edifies wooden
frames that resemble bird wings after
gathering a good amount of seabird
feathers which flew over the labyrinth
he was able to finish his vention using
beeswax as glue
he had built two pairs of enormous wings
one for him and the other for his son
Daedalus wears his wings and notices
that his vention works perfectly Icarus
is helped by his father to embody his
wings and get some advice from his
father son do not fly too low near the
sea in order to avoid having the
dampness stiffening the frailes
gearing's nor fly too high so that the
Sun does not melt the beeswax stay close
to me at all times
then Daedalus and Icarus take off and
leave Crete behind they both struggle a
bit in the beginning having to face the
wind currents but they quickly mastered
the whole flight the view from the sky
was mesmerizing
they were both in ecstasy when Daedalus
realizes Icarus was flying away from him
and had a much higher altitude than his
concern he yells at his son but the
young boy could not hear him Icarus was
dazzled with the flight and was flying
with his eye closed piercing the clouds
he was absolutely intoxicated with the
sensation of freedom the youngster was
getting closer and closer to the Sun and
suddenly he perceives that the sun's
heat was starting to melt the beeswax
which glued the feathers and the
structure the wings together the feather
started to fall and so Icarus began to
lose control of the flight the wings
started to crumble the fall of Icarus
was now unavoidable he falls from heaven
while his powerless father witnesses the
fatal fall of his son Icarus violently
hits the ocean waters
Daedalus flies to rescue his son but he
only finds feathers in the sea after a
long search a Karissa's father finally
finds the body of his son laying on a
beach Daedalus regrets that his
invention has been the cause of Icarus
his death he buries his son and flies
towards Sicily
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