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| Picture No | 10082171 |
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| Description | Icarus and Daedalus |
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Daedalus and his son Icarus escape from Crete with man- made wings, but Icarus flies too near the sun : the heat melts the wax on his wings, plunging him into the sea
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| Source | engraving by I Matheus in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 219 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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