person
Icarus
Son of Daedalus, who flew too near the sun on his father's wax wings, fell, and drowned; the sea took his name.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §2.4 Icarus
Son of Daedalus, who in his daring flew too high; his wax melted and he fell into the sea that bears his name.
- The Festivals §4.4 Icarus
The boy who fell when his wax wings failed, giving his name to the Icarian Sea.
- Metamorphoses §8.199 Icarus
Son of Daedalus, who flew too high, melted his wings, and gave his name to the Icarian Sea.
- Sorrows §1.1 Icarus
The boy who flew too high on waxen wings and fell, giving his name to the Icarian Sea; Ovid's warning that his book aim no higher than the middling reader.