Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
Icarus

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In Greek Myth, the son of Daedalus, imprisoned with him by King Minos. Daedalus devised Wings for their escape; Icarus flew too close to the Sun, his wings' waxen substrate melted, and he fell to his death in the sea – as recorded in the painting by Pieter Bruegel. [DRL]