Icarus
mythological figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
in the texts
Orations
Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun on wings made by Daedalus and fell into the sea.
but when the bonds were loosened and the wax flowed, he gave his name to that sea where he was lost in his fall;
And for safety's sake he resembles in nature neither eagles nor cranes nor any other winged kind, but rather one might liken him to the violent and unnatural flight of Icarus, who attempted a device Daedalus could not contrive.
Nor, when he gave Icarus wings, if one must believe the story, do I say that he discovered this contrivance well;
Letters
Mythic flier whose wax wings Basil invokes as too risky to imitate, sending words instead.
As for me, if the teacher's art were a safe one, I would have come to you, fashioning for myself the wing of Icarus.