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Definition of Daedalus

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus.

Definition of Daedalus

1. Proper noun. Greek mythological figure who crafted the waxen wings of Icarus. ¹

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Literary usage of Daedalus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished by Henry Howe (1856)
"daedalus enjoys also the reputation of haying constructed machines that imitated the motions of the ku- man body. Some of his statues are said to have moved ..."

2. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished by Henry Howe, New York Museum of Science and Industry Library (1852)
"daedalus enjoys also the reputation of having constructed machines that imitated the motions of the human body. Some of his statues are said to have moved ..."

3. Herodotus by Herodotus (1830)
"This answer induced the Cretans to refuse their assistance. CLXX. It is said that Minos coming to Sicania, now called Sicily, in search of daedalus,* 4 ..."

4. An Introduction to Greek Sculpture by Lewis Edward Upcott (1887)
"daedalus. All the earliest traditions of Greek Art gather round the name of daedalus. He is the half-mythical, half-historical father of Art. Just as the ..."

5. Elements of Art Criticism: Comprising a Treatise on the Principles of Man's by George Whitefield Samson (1867)
"daedalus is universally recognized by Grecian and Roman writers as the leading early Greek sculptor and architect. Before Hesiod wrote, his name had become ..."

6. English Verse by William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard (1883)
"daedalus. Wail for daedalus, all that is fairest! All that is tuneful in air or wave ! Shapes whose beauty is truest and rarest, Haunt with your lamps and ..."

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