DAEDALUS 

Daedalus was a brilliant architect and sculptor.  He was from Athens , a beautiful city in Greece .  One day, Daedalus’ nephew’s mother sent her son to live with Daedalus. The nephew, Talus, was himself a talented young man.  When Talus came to live with Daedalus, he proved himself by inventing the saw and compass.  Daedalus slowly but surely began to hate and become jealous of Talus.  One day, Daedalus pushed Talus off a cliff, killing him.  

Knowing he had done wrong, Daedalus fled to Crete where he was greeted by King Minos, a man who respected him.  Daedalus was forced to build the Labyrinth, a castle of mazes.  The Labyrinth was made to house the Minotaur, a half man half bull.  After building the labyrinth, Daedalus was imprisoned in it. wishing to escape, Daedalus began to study birds in flight.  He started to design wings made of wax and feathers.  Outfitted with the wings, Daedalus could fly out of his prison.   He made wings for his son, Icarus, and warned him not to fly too high, for if he did, his wings would melt.   Daedalus also warned Icarus to stay near to him and not to stray out of his sight.   They kicked off and soared into the sky.  Icarus started to go high up into the sky, where his wings melted.  Icarus plummeted to the rough ocean and died.