Daedalus
Mortal man
In Greek mythology, Daedalus (UK: , US: ; Greek: Ancient Greek: Δαίδαλος, romanized: Daídalos, Etruscan: Taitale, lit. 'skillful craftsman', 'cunning worker' or 'finely worked') was a skillful architect and craftsman, seen as a symbol of wisdom, knowledge and power. He is the father of Icarus, the uncle of Perdix, and possibly also the father of Iapyx.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“Therein furthermore the famed god of the two strong arms cunningly wrought a dancing-floor like unto that which in wide Cnosus Daedalus fashioned of old for fair-tressed Ariadne. There were youths dancing and maidens of the price of many cattle, holding their hands upon the wrists one of the other.”
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Therein furthermore the famed god of the two strong arms cunningly wrought a dancing-floor like unto that which in wide Cnosus Daedalus fashioned of old for fair-tressed Ariadne. There were youths dancing and maidens of the price of many cattle, holding their hands upon the wrists one of the other.
Il. 18.592
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In art
Peter Paul Rubens. Daedalus in the labyrinth. Coruña Fine Arts Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111917352
Domenico Piola. Daedalus and Icarus. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140874474
Charles Le Brun. Дедал и Икар. Hermitage Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21721777
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Andrea Sacchi. Daedalus and Icarus. Musei di Strada Nuova. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28803486
Daedalus and Icarus. National Trust. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52282281
Andrea Pisano. Daedalus: The Mechanical Arts. CC BY 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127787442
Antonio Canova. Daedalus and Icarus. Museo Correr. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3704613
Daedalus presenting the wooden cow to Pasiphaé. Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91465854
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- Wikipedia · Daedalus · CC BY-SA 4.0
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