Transcript Icarus

Presented by:
Matthew Lau
Olivia Warschaw
Ben Eichner
Who is Icarus?
 Son of Daedalus and Naucrate
 Jailed by King Minos of Crete
 Escaped with Daedalus
 Flew too high and wings
melted
 Island and sea named after
Icarus
Who is Daedalus?
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Athenian artesian
Son  Icarus
Wife  Naucrate
Killed nephew, Talus
Exiled to Crete under control of
King Minos
Built labyrinth to trap the Minotaur
Helped Theseus through labyrinth
Locked in labyrinth as punishment
Built wings to escape with Icarus
Escaped to Sicily without Icarus
What is the myth?
 Daedalus exiled to Crete under control of King Minos
 Built labyrinth for Minos
 Daedalus helped Theseus find way through labyrinth to kill
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the Minotaur
Daedalus and son (Icarus) trapped in labyrinth themselves
Daedalus builds wings for self and Icarus
Escapes, but warns Icarus not to fly too close too sun or too
low to water
Icarus ignores warning and flies high toward sun
Icarus’ wings melt off and he pummels into sea
Island and sea around named after Icarus
What is the moral of the myth?
 Moral  Society should have regulations and laws
 Reason  Icarus was strictly told not to fly too high or
too low otherwise he would die. However, he ignored
his father’s rules and flew up too high toward the sun
and his wings melted and he died just as Daedalus
warned him.
Why is this myth part of Greek
mythology?
 It was used as a lesson to teach that
society needs rules to survive.
Other mythological people in this
myth
 Daedalus – father of Icarus
 King Minos of Crete – imprisoner
 Minotaur – monster in labyrinth
 Naurcrate – mother of Icarus
 Theseus – hero who killed the Minotaur with
Daedalus’ help
 Ariadne – daughter of King Minos
 Heracles (in some tellings) – finder of Icarus’ body and
burier