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How Did Daedalus Enter The Labyrinth

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Daedalus was a renowned Greek craftsman and inventor. His best accomplishments were marked as being the Minoan Palace of Knossos and the Labyrinth. Two buildings of which were both equally remarkable. The palace had 1,300 rooms while the Labyrinth was a confusing and inescapable prison. As such, Daedalus received a lot of awe and respect. And while most of the attention was from his fellow Greeks, a larger amount was shown to him by the powerful and feared king of Crete, Minos. Minos was great friends with Daedalus as he found himself to be able to carry a knowledgeable conversation with him. Thus, eventually leading to Minos making Daedalus his trusty on-hand royal builder. A title of which Daedalus valued greatly, until the time of when their …show more content…

And in hearing about her crush on him, Minos threw Theseus into the Labyrinth. Saddened and guilt ridden at being the one to have Theseus sentenced to the horrible prison, Ariadne went to Daedalus in hope of him willing to help her get Theseus out of the Labyrinth. Luckily after some begging, Daedalus willingly agreed to help save Theseus. In by giving Ariadne some thread to drop into the Labyrinth, Theseus managed to find it and make his way to the entrance, where Ariadne and he then ran away together. Outraged by finding out about this chain of events, Minos then threw Daedalus and his youngest son, Icarus, into the Labyrinth. Shocked by being thrown into his own creation, Daedalus quickly came up with a plan in order to get his son and him out. By fashioning together osier branches, with wax, Daedalus was able to make two pairs of wings for his son and himself. And in using them, they were able to fly out of the Labyrinth. It was however, in being close to freedom, when something tragic occured. Before they took off from land, Daedalus warned Icarus to not fly too close to the sun, in fear of the wings possibly falling

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