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Icarus (Greek: Ἴκαρος, Latin: Íkaros, Etruscan: Vicare) is a character in Greek Mythology. He is the son of Daealus and is commonly known for his attempt to escape Crete by flight, which ended in a fall to his death.

Trivia about icarus

  • Objects that pass closer to the sun than Mercury have been named for this mythological figure
  • One island is the supposed burial place of this reckless mythical flier, & is named for him
  • Mythological son who waxed then waned as he fell into the sea
  • This mythic male melted his man-wings & smashed into the Aegean Sea
  • We often wax nostalgic about this young man who flew too close to the sun
  • This high flyer's father built the Labyrinth
  • Despite his dad's warnings, he flew too close to the sun; the wax on his wings melted & he plunged into the sea
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew poses with a seascape.) W.H. Auden wrote, "Everything turns away quite leisurely from a disaster" in Bruegel's "Landscape with the Fall of" this mythical flier
  • Son of Daedalus, his first flying lesson is generally considered something of a failure

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