Soaring above create on wings made from wax and feathers.Icarus, the son of Daedalus, defied the laws of#160; both man and nature.
Ignoring the warnings of his father , he rose higher and higher.
To witnesses on the ground, he looked like a god, and as he peered down from above, he felt like one too.
But, in mythological ancient Greece, the line that separated god from man was absolute. And the punishment for mortals who attempted to cross it was severe. Such the was the case for Icarus and Daedalus.
Years before Icarus was born, his father Daedalus was highly regarded as a genius inventor, craftsman, sculptor in Athens. He invented carpentry and all the tools used for it.#160;
Though skilled and celebrated, Daedalus was egotistical and jealous. Worried that his nephew, was more skillful craftsman. Daedalus murdered him.