Icarus
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In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete, and his wife Naucrate. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of King Minos, escaped
Icarus (right) with his father Daedalus on a Roman mosaic from Zeugma, now in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum.
Jacob Peter Gowy's The Fall of Icarus (1635–1637)
Daedalus, Icarus, Queen Pasiphaë, and two of her attendants in a Roman mosaic from Zeugma, Commagene
Ícaro Salvado (Icarus Saved), work of Julio Nieto. La Matanza de Acentejo. Tenerife, Spain
Labyrinth
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In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth is an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the mythological artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minota
Icarus
…Greek mythology, Icarus ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἴκαρος, romanized: Íkaros, pronounced ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete, and his wife Naucrate. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of King Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, Minos suspected that Icarus and…
Silver coin from Knossos displaying the 7-course "Classical" design to represent the Labyrinth, c. 400 BC
Theseus in the Minotaur's labyrinth, by Edward Burne-Jones, 1861
Carving showing the warrior Abhimanyu entering the chakravyuha – Hoysaleswara temple, Halebidu, India