The next retelling in my story is The Fall of Icarus.
The Fall of Icarus
The start of this story does not start with Icarus, we must start with Daedalus, the father of Icarus, to understand his story more. Daedalus was a craftsman in Athens, Daedalus had a craftsman, his name was Talus. Although Talus showed a lot of potential, enough to overpower Daedalus. But being jealous, Daedalus pushed Talus off a cliff, but he never died. Athena turned Talus into a bird and Daedalus was sent to trial for murder. He was forced to move to Crete.
All of this happened before the birth of Icarus, if this incident never occurred, Icarus wouldn’t have been born as it was the move who allowed Daedalus to find his lover. While building his new life he fell in love with Naucrate, a servant for the king. Together Daedalus and Naucrate had Icarus. While this was happening, Daedalus had been building a Labyrinth, a massive maze located under the Court of the King Minos.
The Labyrinth held a Minotar, a Half Human, Half Bull. After entering the Labyrinth, there was no leaving. To keep the Labyrinth and the Minotar a secret, Minos had imprisoned Icarus, Naucrate and Daedalus inside a tower, located above his castle.
Daedalus created an escape plan for himself and his family, this of course led to the doom of Icarus, but that’s off topic. He realized they could escape by air, so he collected feathers, and bound them together with beeswax. Made one for himself and the other for his son. Daedalus warned Icarus that flying too close to the sun would cause his wings to melt.
Once they escaped, they flew. Icarus, who had forgotten his fathers warning, flew to the seas near an Island called Ikaria, the sun began to melt his wings and he fell to the seas beneath him, drowning.
In some ways, this story tells us to be careful of who to trust, but tells us to listen to what we’ve been told because consequences are endless, even if it’s simply telling us to watch our step.
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