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The Athenian Daedalus, son of
Metion and the grandson of Erechtheus, was a famous
architect, inventor, and craftsman. Among his inventions
and creations were the wooden cow he constructed for the
queen Pasiphae, the Labyrinth at Knossos, artificial
wings for himself and his son Icarus, and he was even
said to have invented images.
His homeland was Athens. For a short time, his apprentice
was his sister's son Perdix. When Daedalus feared that
the boy would surpass him in talent, he murdered the boy
by tossing him from the Acropolis of Athens. He was then
tried at the Areopagus and banished from the city. |
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