Metamorphoses · Character
Icarus
The boy who flies on borrowed feathers, ignoring his father's warning until the sun melts the wax and the sea closes over his name.
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Also known as young Icarus
First appearance: death of nessus the centaur
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Icarus is Daedalus's young son, lifted into the sky on wings his father built from wax and feathers, thrilled by the impossible freedom of flight. His father warns him to keep a middle course, neither too near the sun…
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