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Daedalus   /dˈɛdələs/  /dˌeɪdˈæləs/   Listen
Daedalus

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






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"Daedalus" Quotes from Famous Books



... I'm a connoisseur; I have goblets as big as wine-jars, a hundred of 'em more or less, with engraving that shows how Cassandra killed her sons, and the dead boys are lying so naturally that you'd think 'em alive. I own a thousand bowls which Mummius left to my patron, where Daedalus is shown shutting Niobe up in the Trojan horse, and I also have cups engraved with the gladiatorial contests of Hermeros and Petraites: they're all heavy, too. I wouldn't sell my taste in these ...
— The Satyricon, Complete • Petronius Arbiter



Words linked to "Daedalus" :   mythical being, Greek mythology, daedal



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