Daedalus

n. (Greek Mythology) Athenian architect and sculptor who built the Labyrinth of Minos and who who made wings so he and his son Icarus could escape from prison

This article is about the mythological character. For other uses see Daedalus (disambiguation) and List of things named Daedalus In Greek mythology, Daedalus (Latin, also Hellenized Latin Daedalos, Greek Daidalos (Δαίδαλος) meaning "raper", and Etruscan Taitle) was a most skillful artificer, so skillful that he was said to have invented images. Daedalus had two sons: Icarus and Iapyx. He is first mentioned in Homer as the creator of a wide dancing-ground for Ariadne . Homer refers to Ariadne by her Cretan title, the "Lady of the Labyrinth" . The Labyrinth on Crete in which the Minotaur was kept was also created by the artificer Daedalus. The story of the labyrinth is told where Theseus is challenged to kill the Minotaur, finding his way with the help of Ariadne's thread. Daedalus was a tall man with short brown hair, a very handsome young man. Quite temperamental.
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Noun
1. (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos; to escape the Labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his sone Icarus
(synonym) Daedal
(hypernym) mythical being
(classification) Greek mythology

[Greek heroic] The Athenian Daedalus, son of Metion and the grandson of Erechtheus 1, 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. He fled to Crete, where he began to work at the court of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae, in the magnificent palace of Knossos. There he constructed a wooden cow for the queen to hide in to satisfy her amorous longings for a white bull sent by Poseidon, and by which she became pregnant with the Minotaur. When the Minotaur was born, Daedalus built the Labyrinth to contain the...
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ADJ
|artificial| artifically contrived; variously adorned| ornamented; variegated