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Daedalus and Icarus
By: Sofia A.
Ashley R.
Alexa V.
Elissa P.
Daedalus
• Labyrinth creator
• Father of Icarus
• Inventor
• Bright
Icarus
• Son of Daedalus
• King minos’ servant
• stubborn
myth
• Dadalus created the labyrinth for king minos
• Imprison enemies with minotaur inside to kill them
• Dadalus advised princess Ariadne to help theseus
escape the labyrinth and kill minotaur
• King minos found out and imprisoned Daedalus and
Icarus inside
• Escaped by making wings made of trees
• Daedalus warned his son not to fly close to sun or
else wings would melt
• Icarus flew close to the sun, his wings melted and he
fell in the sea and drowned
archetypes
• Father son conflict
• Icarus did not listen to his father
• The fall
• The mentor
Greek culture
• Theme: listen to elders
• Patriarchal family
• Husband head of family and discipline
Bibliography
• Mercatante, Anthony and james r. dow. World
mythology and legend. New York: facts on file,
2004. print.
• “Greek myths and greek mytholoGy,” greekmyths-
greek mythology. 2015. www. Greekmythsgreekmythology.com