Icarus
The son of Daedalus and one of Minos’ slaves called Naucrate. When Daedalus explained to Adriadne how Theseus could find his way out of the Labyrinth, Minos was so angry that he imprisoned Daedalus and his son in it. However, Daedalus made wings for ICarus and himself, and fixed them to their shoulders with wax. Daedalus advised Icarus not to fly too near the ground or too high in the sky. Icarus did not listen to his father’s advice. He flow upwards so near to the sun that the wax melted and he fell into the sea, which was thereafter called the Sea of Icarus (it surrounds the island of Samos). (Grimal, 1990)
