He thought for a long time about the best way to escape, and finally he came up with a plan, and this is what he did. His son hardly remembered his home city, but he too wanted to leave because he longed to run and play in the open, rather than live in a tower all day.Дaedalus looked out over the waves of the Mediterranean Sea, and he realised that even if they could manage to slip out of the tower and find a little boat, they wouldnвЂ™t be able to sail very far before they were spotted and caught by one of the ships of King MinosвЂ™ navy.

Daedalus lived with his son Icarus in a tower of the palace, and King Minos made him invent weapons of war that would make his army and navy even more powerful than they already were.ДЄlthough Daedalus and Icarus had every comfort they could ask for, the father longed to return home to Athens. Well, you may remember that the Labyrinth was created by the cunning and ingenious mind of Daedalus.Дaedalus was a brilliant architect and inventor вЂ“ in fact, he was so brilliant that King Minos of Crete did not want to let him go back to his home in Athens. This strange and terrible beast lived in a deep, dark Labyrinth on the island of Crete. IвЂ™ve told you before about the half man-half half-bull called the Minotaur. Proofread by Claire Deakin, December 2013. Some of the touching details - such as Icarus playing with the feathers - come from the Latin poet, Ovid. We hear how he and his son Icarus tried to escape from Crete with wings made of feathers and wax. It continues the story of Daedalus, whom we first met in The Minotaur. The myth from ancient Greece of the boy who flew too close to the sun.

Icarus myth