What Did Icarus Really Want
They Were Blessed with a Child Whom They Named Icarus. Life Went on Without Incident Until One Fine Day Minos Called Upon Daedalus. He Wanted the Architect to...
They were blessed with a child whom they named Icarus. Life went on without incident until one fine day Minos called upon Daedalus. He wanted the architect to design and build an enclosure for the Minotaur, acreature with the body of a man and the head and tail of a bull.
What did Icarus want?
In theory, the wings would allow Daedalus and Icarus to fly above the labyrinth and off the island to freedom. Just before their flight, Daedalus warned his son to be careful. If he flew too low, his wings would get wet in the ocean; if he flew too high, the sun would melt the wax and the wings would disintegrate.
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Did Icarus laughed as he fell?
Icarus laughed as he fell. Threw his head back and yelled into the winds, arms spread wide, teeth bared to the world. There is a bitter triumph in crashing when you should be soaring.
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