1/12/2023 0 Comments Dedalus and icarus![]() ![]() ![]() This superhuman was Theseus, the son of King Aegeus of Athens. Well, that’s not quite true actually, as one of the young men, not only found and killed the Minotaur, but also found his way out again. It goes without saying that none of them was ever seen again. They would then wander, sometimes only for hours but sometimes for many days before, somewhere in the pitch black tunnels, they would encounter the Minotaur. One by one they would be forced to enter the labyrinth. Every year, he demanded that Athens send him a tribute of seven young men and seven young women and these would be sacrificed to satisfy the creature’s hunger. King Minos had come up with his own special way of satisfying the Minotaur’s hunger. It had almost unbelievable strength and was constantly hungry – hungry for the flesh of humans. Standing twice as high as any man, the Minotaur had horns, as long as a man’s arm, with sharp points, on which it skewered its victims. It was to contain the Minotaur, a huge beast, half man, half bull. This giant maze served one simple purpose. One of his first tasks was to construct a huge labyrinth, a vast underground maze of tunnels which twisted and turned in every possible direction, so that, on entering the labyrinth, a person would very quickly become lost and would be unable to find their way out again. His incredible inventions and constructions were known and admired throughout many lands and when he arrived in Crete, many years earlier, King Minos was happy to welcome him to his land and quickly began to make use of his talents. Only a short time ago Daedalus was being hailed as the great architect, the skilled inventor, the master craftsman. ![]() He cast his mind back even further, to the day when he realised that his own life and that of his son were in great danger. “Now, keep your mind on what we have to do and remember, not too high, not too close to the sun.”ĭaedalus thought back to the moment, a few days before, when he had thought up the plan that would help them escape - not only from the labyrinth but from the kingdom of King Minos as well. “When my feet are back on solid ground and that island is many, many miles behind us, then you will see me smile,” Daedalus yelled back. "Smile, we’ve done it, we’ve escaped and we’re free." "Come along, Father," he shouted over the sound of the wind rushing past them. Icarus glanced over at his father and grinned. For here he was now, flying alongside his father, Daedalus, as they left the island of Crete behind them and travelled on towards their freedom. It was hard to believe it but the plan had worked. Beating his wings harder and harder, Icarus soared up into the sky and out over the Aegean Sea. ![]()
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