The myth “Daedalus and Icarus” was told to express important quality traits of Greek culture. Daedelus faced a consequence because he gave Ariadne thread to give to Theseus and to “tell him to tie one end to the door of the labyrinth” (2). This is an act of defiance because Daedelus interfered with the tradition, which left King Minos to put Daedalus and Icarus into a pitch black labyrinth as their punishment. Icarus also faced a penalty because he was soaring too high and his father was worried saying, “not too high, not too close to the sun” (1). Icarus’s disobedience is not an endearing quality in the Greek culture and that is why he died when his wax melted off. Daedelus encounters another discipline because after Icarus died, Daedelus