Comes from the story of Daedalus in Greek Mythology Daedalus creates wings of wax and feathers for he and his son Icarus They use these wings to escape from the island Daedalus warns ID: 311181
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Icarus
Comes from the story of
Daedalus
in Greek Mythology
Daedalus
creates wings of wax and feathers for he and his son,
Icarus
.
They use these wings to escape from the island
Daedalus
warns
Icarus
not to fly too high lest the wax of his wings be melted by the sun
Icarus
disobeys his father and plunges into the seaSlide2
Contemporary Meaning
To refer to someone as
Icarian
could mean that he or she:Was too ambitious for his or her own sakeDisobeyed his or her fatherAlthough in order to align properly with the myth, Icarian should refer to a male child
Eponyms
Icarian
, adj.Slide3
Literary Example
In
Tragical
Historie of Dr. Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe, the Chorus uses the allusion of Icarus to explain why Faustus will plummet from great heights'Til swollen with cunning of a self conceit,/
His waxen wings did mount above his reach,/And, melting, heavens conspired his overthrow
Pop Culture Example
In
the Jars of Clay song
World’s Apart
the lyrics “like
Icarus
, who had to pay with melting wax and feathers brown” references
Icarus
’ punishment for his overconfidence and disobedienceSlide4
Visual Aid
Landscape with the Fall of
Icarus
, Pieter Bruegel