DAEDALUS AND ICARUS

Let’s Review!!!
1. WAX
2. PERSONAL
CHALLENGES
3. MYTH
HOW DO PERSONAL
CHALLENGES
MAKE YOU A
BETTER PERSON?
CHARACTER
S
Icarus
• Daedalus' son
• he was
given wings to be
able to fly
• He flew close
enough to the sun
where the wings
melted and he fell
into the the sea
and drowned.
 Minotaur

• half man, half bull monster

• terrorized the people of

Crete

• trapped in the Labyrinth by

Daedalus

• Son of Pasiphae, step son

of Minos
 Minos
• king of Crete

• son of Zeus and

Europa

• wife gave birth to

the Minotaur

• Imprisons
Daedalus and
Icarus to prevent
their escape
Perdix

• Daedalus' nephew

• taught to be a builder

• almost killed by Daedalus

• turned into a partridge by

Athena
Daedalus

• famous
craftsman
• created
wings to fly
• built the
Labyrinth
 Daedalus –
“skilled worker”
- architect
- Inventor
- Master craftsman
- Has a son named Icarus
Creations:
1.Wooden cow for queen
Pasiphae
2. Labyrinth of the
Minotaur
3.Artificial wings
*Homeland is ATHENS.
Apprentice:
1.Perdix- turned into partridge
2.Talos – murdered
Punishment: Banish from
his home city
From Athens, fled to the
island of Crete, where he
began to work at the
court od King Minos and
Queen Pasiphae- Palace
of Knossos
Conceive masts
and sails for ships
for the navy of
Minos- making
Crete a naval power
Statues he carved
were so exquisite,
they looked as if
they were alive.
 Constructed a
wooden cow for the
queen to hide in to
satisfy her amorous
longings for a white
bull sent by Poseidon
 Constructed the
Labyrinth
The labyrinth contains
countless winding passages and
turns that into one another
Prison for the Minotaur
 Minos demanded a
tribute of youths from
Athens to feed the
Minotaur as
punishment for the
accidental killing of his
son at Athens
 Theseus (Athenian
hero) came to Crete to
kill the Minotaur
 Princess Ariadne fell in
love to Theseus and asked
Daedalus to help
Theseus.
 Daedalus gave Theseus
a thread to tie to the
door of the Labyrinth
 Theseus succeeded in
killing the Minotaur and
escaped Crete with
Ariadne
Minos was enrage
He shut Daedalus
and his son in the
Labyrinth
  Daedalus managed
to get out of the
Labyrinth
Minos controlled the
sea around Crete
 Daedalus realized that the
only way out was by air.
 Daedalus built wings for
himself and Icarus,
fashioned with feathers
held together with wax
 Advise to Icarus:

“Don’t fly too close to the

sun, as it would melt his
wings, and not too close to
the sea, as it would dampen
them and make it hard to
fly.
 Icarus forgot his father’s
advise.
 He flew too close to the
sun, the wax melted.
 Icarus was drowned into the
sea- ICARIAN SEA
 Daedalus grieved for his
dead son and then
continued to Sicily- court of
Cocalus- Camicus
 Built a temple for Apollo
and hung up his wings-
offering to the god
 Vengeful Minos is in pursuit
of Daedalus
 Minos devise a plan to
locate and trick Daedalus to
reveal himself
 Minos offered a reward to
whoever could thread a
spiral seashell
 Minos came to Camicus
in Sicily and presented
the contest at Cocalus’
court
Cocalus gave the
shell to Daedalus
 Daedalus tied the
string to an ant, placed
the ant at one end of
the shell and allowed
the ant to walk thru
chambers until it came
out the other end
  Minos learned that someone
solved the puzzle.
 Minos demanded Cocalus to
surrender Daedalus
 King Cocalus agreed, but
persuaded Minos to first take
a bath and stay for some
entertainment
 Minos agreed and
consequently murdered by
the daughters of Cocalus
who had been totally
impressed by the toys and
gifts which Daedalus had
bestowed upon them and did
not want any harm to come
to him.
Daedalus left
camicus and
ended up in
Sardinia.
 Task 8 FACTS AND DETAILS
1. Who hires Daedalus?
2. What does Daedalus design
to hold the Minotaur?
3. What does Daedalus invent to
help him and Icarus escape
from the
Labyrinth?
4. What does he warn Icarus
not to do?
5. What happens to Icarus?
 Task 9 WHAT’S GOING ON?
1. Why did Minos imprison Daedalus in
the Labyrinth?
2. Why did Minos think that, if Daedalus
can’t find his way out, “so much the
better”?
3. Minos tells Icarus that the plan is
dangerous. Why does he want them to
take this risk?
4. Why did Daedalus leave his wings on
the altar of Apollo? Why wouldn’t he
want to fly some more?
 Task 11 FACT OR NOT
Tell whether the statement is a fact or not. Draw WINGS
before each number if the statement is a fact and SUN if
otherwise.
_______ Daedalus was an inventor.
_______ King Minos wanted to kill the Minotaur.
_______ It would be easy to find your way out of the
Labyrinth.
_______ Icarus design his own wings.
_______ The wings were made of chicken feathers.
_______ Icarus is also a famous architect and inventor.
_______ To keep Daedalus from revealing the secrets of the
maze, Minos imprisoned him and his son, Icarus.
_______ Icarus flew too close to the sun.
_______ Icarus drowned in the sea.
_______ King Minos forgave Daedalus at the end of the story.
ASSIGNMENT. Use construction Paper
According to your section’s color coding
Task 13 IMAGE IN MY MIND
Your teacher will group you into five.
Illustrate the images in your mind as you
encountered the following in the story.
Group 1: The Labyrinth
Group 2: Icarian Sea
Group 3: Minos’s shell
Group 4: Minotaur
Group 5: Icarus’s wings