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Daedalus and Icarus

Greek mythology :...from Crete with his son Icarus. As Minos would not allow him to leave by ship, Daedalus constructed wings for himself and Icarus. He attached the wings to their bodies with wax. As the pair took off, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, but the boy, craving adventure with his newly acquired power of flight, flew so close to the sun that the wax melted. Naturally, Icarus's wings fell off and the boy landed in the sea, where he drowned. Daedalus made his way to Sicily, where the king, Cocalus, protected him and, with his daughters,...

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Location:Patras city coast/West Peloponnese/Greece.

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