:Icarus, the son of Daedalus, attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father con
: Icarus, the son of Daedalus, attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. He ignored instructions not to fly too close to the sun, and the melting wax caused him to fall into the sea where he drowned. -- source link