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    The myth of Daedalus and Icarus tells the story of a father and son who attempt to escape from Crete by flying. Daedalus constructs wings for himself and Icarus out of feathers and wax. He warns Icarus not to fly too close to the sun or the sea. However, the enthusiastic Icarus ignores the warning and flies too close to the sun, melting the wax in his wings. Icarus falls into the sea and drowns, while Daedalus escapes. The story teaches the lesson of heeding parental warnings.

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    The myth of Daedalus and Icarus tells the story of a father and son who attempt to escape from Crete by flying. Daedalus constructs wings for himself and Icarus out of feathers and wax. He warns Icarus not to fly too close to the sun or the sea. However, the enthusiastic Icarus ignores the warning and flies too close to the sun, melting the wax in his wings. Icarus falls into the sea and drowns, while Daedalus escapes. The story teaches the lesson of heeding parental warnings.

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    The myth of Daedalus and Icarus tells the story of a father and son who attempt to escape from Crete by flying. Daedalus constructs wings for himself and Icarus out of feathers and wax. He warns Icarus not to fly too close to the sun or the sea. However, the enthusiastic Icarus ignores the warning and flies too close to the sun, melting the wax in his wings. Icarus falls into the sea and drowns, while Daedalus escapes. The story teaches the lesson of heeding parental warnings.

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    The myth of Daedalus and Icarus tells the story of a father and son who attempt to escape from Crete by flying. Daedalus constructs wings for himself and Icarus out of feathers and wax. He warns Icarus not to fly too close to the sun or the sea. However, the enthusiastic Icarus ignores the warning and flies too close to the sun, melting the wax in his wings. Icarus falls into the sea and drowns, while Daedalus escapes. The story teaches the lesson of heeding parental warnings.

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    The Myth Of Daedalus And Icarus

    The myth of Daedalus and Icarus is one of the most known and fascinating Greek Myths, as it consists of both
    historical and mythical details.
    While in Crete Daedalus created the plan for the Minoan Palace of Knossos, one of the most important
    archaeological sites in Crete and Greece today. It was a magnificent architectural design and building, of 1,300
    rooms, decorated with stunning frescoes and artifacts, saved until today. The sculpture of Ariadne in Knossos and
    many others in Elounda and Karia are also his.

    King Minos and Daedalus had great understanding at first, but their relationships started deteriorating at some
    point; there are several versions explaining this sudden change, although the most common one is that Daedalus
    was the one who advised Princess Ariadne to give Theseus the thread that helped him come out from the
    infamous Labyrinth, after killing the Minotaur.

    The Labyrinth was a maze built by Daedalus; King Minos wanted a building suitable to imprison the mythical
    monster Minotaur, and according to the myth, he used to imprison his enemies in the labyrinth, making sure that
    they would be killed by the monster.

    Minos was infuriated when found out about the betrayal and imprisoned Daedalus and his son Icarus in the
    Labyrinth.

    The Flight Of Daedalus And Icarus

    Icarus was the young son of Daedalus and Nafsicrate, one of King Minos’ servants. Daedalus was way too smart
    and inventive, thus, he started thinking how he and Icarus would escape the Labyrinth. Knowing that his
    architectural creation was too complicated, he figured out that they could not come out on foot. He also knew that
    the shores of Crete were perfectly guarded, thus, they would not be able to escape by sea either. The only way
    left was the air.
    Daedalus managed to create gigantic wings, using branches of osier and connected them with wax. He taught
    Icarus how to fly, but told him to keep away from the sun because the heat would make the wax melt, destroying
    the wings.

    Daedalus and Icarus managed to escape the Labyrinth and flew to the sky, free. The flight of Daedalus and Icarus
    was the first time that man managed to fight the laws of nature and beat gravity.

    Icarus Death

    Although he was warned, Icarus was too young and too enthusiastic about flying. He got excited by the thrill of
    flying and carried away by the amazing feeling of freedom and started flying high to salute the sun, diving low to
    the sea, and then up high again.

    His father Daedalus was trying in vain to make young Icarus to understand that his behavior was dangerous, and
    Icarus soon saw his wings melting.

    Icarus fell into the sea and drowned. The Icarian Sea, where he fell, was named after him and there is also a
    nearby small island called Icaria.

    Daedalus and Icarus Questions & Answers


    Word Galaxy
     Disgrace – Dishonour/ shame
     Trembled – shook involuntarily
     Compelled – forced
     Scorching – Very hot
     Anxious – nervous and worried
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    GRADE 10
    QUARTER 1; Activity #1
    The Myth of Daedalus and Icarus
    Question 1:  Why did Minos employ Daedalus?
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    Question 2:  What did Daedalus construct for Minos?


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    Question 3:  What instruction was given to Icarus by Daedalus before taking flight?
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    Question 4:  What did the people on the ground think when they saw Daedalus and Icarus?
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    Question 5: How did Daedalus and Icarus prepare for their escape?
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    Question 6: How did Icarus die?


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    Question 7: What is the summary of the story Daedalus and Icarus?


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    Question 8: What lesson does the myth of Icarus and Daedalus teach?
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    Question 1:  Why did Minos employ Daedalus?
    Answer: Minotaur was a powerful beast. His body was half-bull, half-man. Minos employed
    Daedalus, a famous Greek engineer, to make an enclosure full of winding difficult passages so
    that the Minotaur could safely be shut inside and would never find his way out.
    Question 2:  What did Daedalus construct for Minos?
    Answer: Daedalus constructed the famous labyrinth. It was a huge maze with many deceptive
    paths, entrances, and passages that there was only one way in and one way out. When the
    work was over, Daedalus himself could hardly find his way back to the main entrance.
    Question 3:  What instruction was given to Icarus by Daedalus before taking flight?
    Answer: Icarus instructed his son to fly at a moderate height. He told him that if he flew too
    low, the sea-water would weigh the feathers down; if he flew too high, the heat of the sun
    would melt the wax. He told him that he should fly neither too high nor too low and asked his
    son to follow him.
    Question 4:  What did the people on the ground think when they saw Daedalus and Icarus?
    Answer: On the ground, people fishing with long trembling rods, or shepherds leaning on
    their crooks or ploughmen bent over their plough handles looked up at Daedalus and Icarus
    flying through the air in astonishment and came to the conclusion that, since they were flying
    through the air, they must be Gods.
    Question 5:  How did Daedalus and Icarus prepare for their escape?
    Answer: Daedalus longing to be free from his exile decided to exit through the sky. He took
    feathers and arranged them in a row, beginning with the smallest ones and putting the
    bigger ones next, so that they looked as though they had grown in the shape of a wing. He
    tied the feathers together in the middle with twine and joined them at the base with wax.
    Then, when they were arranged and fastened, he gave them all a slight bend, so that they
    looked exactly like the wings of real birds.
    Question 6:  How did Icarus die?
    Answer: After leaving several islands, Icarus began to enjoy the daring experience of flight.
    Longing for the open sky, he forgot to follow his father and climbed higher and higher in the
    air. As he came nearer the sun, the scorching rays began to soften the wax that kept the
    feathers together. The wax melted and Icarus found that he was flapping his bare arms which
    without their wings had no hold upon the air. He fell, and the blue sea closed over his lips, as
    he cried out for his father.
    Question 7:  What is the summary of the story Daedalus and Icarus?
    Answer: The myth of Daedalus and Icarus tells the story of a father and a son who used
    wings to escape from the island of Crete. Icarus has become better-known as the flyer who
    fell from the sky when the wax that joined his wings was melted by the heat of the sun.
    Question 8:  What lesson does the myth of Icarus and Daedalus teach?
    Answer: ‘Daedalus and Icarus’ like most myths, teaches us a lesson. Daedalus tells his son,
    “Don’t fly too close to the sun.” Since it is not likely that any of us will wear wings made of
    feathers and wax, the main idea, or theme, of this story is not a literal lesson about how high
    to fly.

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