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| Icaria |
an island southwest of Samos in the Aegean Sea, which, according to Greek mythology, was named by Daedalus in honor of his son Icarus, whom he buried there. |
| Icarus |
in Greek mythology, the son of Daedalus who, in trying to escape with his father from Crete, flew too high with wax-and-feather wings, and fell to his death when the sun melted them. |
| Lebynthos |
an island in the Aegean Sea over which, according to Greek mythology, Daedalus and Icarus flew while escaping Crete. |
| Minos |
in Greek mythology, king of Crete who imprisoned Daedalus and Daedalus's son Icarus. |
| Perdix |
in Greek mythology, the Athenian who invented the saw and who was turned into a partridge by Athena after Daedalus, in a fit of envy, threw him from a roof. [1/2 definitions] |
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