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Daedalus was a who worked for the





brilliant craftsman King of Athens.

Daedalus was a who worked for the





brilliant craftsman King of Athens.

The statues Daedalus made

He had a nephew, Talos,


looked so real that people

who was his apprentice.

believed they could talk.

The statues Daedalus made

He had a nephew, Talos,


looked so real that people

who was his apprentice.

believed they could talk.

Talos was a clever boy. He But Daedalus was jealous





invented the saw, the of his nephew’s talent and




compass, and the potter’s pushed Taols from the





wheel. roof of the temple.

Talos was a clever boy. He But Daedalus was jealous





invented the saw, the of his nephew’s talent and




compass, and the potter’s pushed Talos from the





wheel. roof of the temple.

The goddess Athena, seeing But Talos’s body lay





Talos fall, turned him into a crushed on the ground, and





partridge, which flew away. Daedalus feared punishment.

The goddess Athena, seeing But Talos’s body lay





Talos fall, turned him into a crushed on the ground, and





partridge, which flew away. Daedalus feared punishment.

So, with his son Icarus, he Daedalus made many




fled to Crete, where King beautiful statues and temples





Minos welcomed him. furniture, and vessels for





King Minos.

So, with his son Icarus, he Daedalus made many




fled to Crete, where King beautiful statues and temples,





Minos welcomed him. furniture and vessels for King





Minos.

He also made the Labyrinth, a

King Minos was afraid that


confusing maze of passages

Daedalus might reveal the secret

where the man-eating

way in and out of the Labyrinth,


Minotaur lived.

He also made the Labyrinth, a

King Minos was afraid that


confusing maze of passages

Daedalus might reveal the secret

where the man-eating

way in and out of the Labyrinth,


Minotaur lived.

But Daedalus hit on a clever




so he imprisoned Daedalus
plan – he and Icarus would


and his son on the island.
fly like birds away from





Crete.

But Daedalus hit on a clever




so he imprisoned Daedalus
plan – he and Icarus would


and his son on the island.
fly like birds away from





Crete.

Using feathers bound with wax
As he fixed Icarus’s wings to his


and twine, he made them both

back, Daedalus warned his son:


a pair of wonderful wings.

Using feathers bound with wax
As he fixed Icarus’s wings to his


and twine, he made them both

back, Daedalus warned his son:


a pair of wonderful wings.

“Do not fly too close to the nor too close to the sun, or





sea or your wings will get wet, the wax will melt.”

“Do not fly too close to the nor too close to the sun, or





sea or your wings will get wet, the wax will melt.”

Then Daedalus and Icarus rose People below were amazed.




into the air and flew away. They thought they must be




seeing gods.

Then Daedalus and Icarus rose People below were amazed.




into the air and flew away. They thought they must be




seeing gods.

At first Icarus stayed but soon he was overwhelmed





close behind his father, with the joy of flying.

At first Icarus stayed but soon he was overwhelmed





close behind his father, with the joy of flying.

Higher and higher he rose, closer and closer to the sun . . .

Higher and higher he rose, closer and closer to the sun . . .

until its hot brilliance





surrounded him.

until its hot brilliance





surrounded him.

Then, suddenly, Icarus felt the His arms would not hold up





wax melt. He saw feathers the air and he plunged toward




floating all around him. the sea.

Then, suddenly, Icarus felt the His arms would not hold up





wax melt. He saw feathers the air and he plunged toward




floating all around him. the sea.

Meanwhile, Daedalus had He saw nothing but a




lost sight of his son. few feathers floating on




the waves.

Meanwhile, Daedalus had He saw nothing but a




lost sight of his son. few feathers floating on




the waves.

He hovered over the sea Weeping, Daedalus carried





until Icarus’s body floated his dead son to an island,





to the surface.

He hovered over the sea Weeping, Daedalus carried





until Icarus’s body floated his dead son to an island,





to the surface.

where he gently laid As Daedalus smoothed




the body in a grave. the earth, a partridge




landed beside him.

where he gently laid As Daedalus smoothed




the body in a grave. the earth, a partridge




landed beside him.

and he knew the gods had at


Daedalus believed it to be the
last punished him by allowing



spirit of his nephew, Talos,
Icarus to fall to his death, just




as Talos had done.

and he knew the gods had at


Daedalus believed it to be the
last punished him by allowing



spirit of his nephew, Talos,
Icarus to fall to his death, just




as Talos had done.