2023年8月8日 · Icarus, son of Daedalus, was imprisoned by King Minos in the famous Labyrinth. He escaped with his father using wings made of feathers and held together with wax. But when Icarus foolishly flew too high, the heat from the sun melted the wax, and he fell to his death.

2016年5月23日 · Icarus's fall is a warning about youthful carelessness, and shows the terrible consequences that can bring. Diadorus Siculus tells two versions of the story, both of which emphasize the recklessness of Icarus causing his downfall: But when Icarus was disembarking onto the island in a reckless manner, he fell into the sea and perished...

2023年9月7日 · Daedalus eventually angered his powerful employer and was imprisoned along with his son Icarus. But the two escaped using wings designed by Daedalus himself. Icarus died when he flew too close to the sun and the wax of his makeshift wings melted, but Daedalus reached Sicily and continued his illustrious career there.

The Story of Daedalus and Icarus. In tedious exile now too long detain’d, Daedalus languish’d for his native land: The sea foreclos’d his flight; yet thus he said: Tho’ Earth and water in subjection laid, O cruel Minos, thy dominion be, We’ll go thro’ air; for sure the air is free.

2022年12月8日 · Sisyphus was a Greek king famous for his cunning. He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat Death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended. But this later backfired: his actions angered the gods, and when he finally did die, he was forced to suffer eternal punishment in Tartarus.

2023年9月18日 · Hyacinthus was a beautiful Spartan prince who was loved by the god Apollo. When Apollo accidentally killed his young lover with an errant discus throw, he turned his blood into the hyacinth flower.

2023年3月8日 · Prometheus, the son of Iapetus, was a quick-witted Greek Titan who sided with the Olympians in their war against his Titan brethren. For gifting fire to humanity, he was sentenced to eternal torment by Zeus, but was eventually saved by the hero Heracles.

2022年12月2日 · Pangu is an important figure to a number of minority ethnic groups in China and each has their own oral version of the story. Xu Zheng , an ancient Chinese author and government official who lived during the Three Kingdoms period , was the first person to record the myth of Pangu.

2022年12月8日 · The story began during a period of prosperity and peace. Osiris ruled over Egypt and introduced its citizens to agriculture; he also eliminated barbarism. After civilizing Egypt, Osiris embarked on an expedition to bring culture to the rest of the region, which ranged from India to Ethiopia. During Osiris’s absence, Isis ruled over Egypt.

2023年8月18日 · The story of Phaethon may have been attested in Greek literature as early as Hesiod (eighth/seventh century BCE). Both Aeschylus (ca. 525/4–ca. 456/5 BCE) and Euripides (ca. 480–406 BCE) are known to have written tragedies about Phaethon, but only fragments of these have survived.