Daedalus

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craftsman human inventor mythological figure

Daedalus is a master craftsman and inventor in Greek mythology, famed for creating the Labyrinth and for his ill-fated escape from Crete with his son Icarus using wings of feathers and wax.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Daedalus canonical	14
Daedalus and Icarus	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	craftsman ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
appearsIn	myths of Theseus and the Labyrinth ⓘ myths of the Minotaur ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Athens ⓘ Crete ⓘ Cumae ⓘ surface form: Cumae in Italy Knossos ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
contrastedWith	Icarus ⓘ
created	Labyrinth ⓘ wings of feathers and wax ⓘ wooden cow for Pasiphaë in some versions ⓘ
culture	Greek mythology ⓘ
escapedFrom	Crete ⓘ
escapeMethod	flying with artificial wings ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	myth ⓘ
hasTheme	consequences of hubris through Icarus ⓘ limits of human invention ⓘ
helped	Theseus escape the Labyrinth in some versions ⓘ
imprisonedBy	Minos ⓘ surface form: King Minos
imprisonedIn	Crete ⓘ
killed	Talos ⓘ surface form: Talos in some traditions
knownFor	being the father of Icarus ⓘ creating the Labyrinth ⓘ designing artificial wings ⓘ escaping Crete with wings of feathers and wax ⓘ killing his nephew Talos in some traditions ⓘ
languageOfTradition	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mythologicalTradition	Greek ⓘ
notableWork	labyrinth of the Minotaur ⓘ surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur
occupation	inventor ⓘ master craftsman ⓘ
parentOf	Iapyx in some traditions ⓘ Icarus ⓘ
patronage	craftsmanship ⓘ technical skill ⓘ
relative	Icarus ⓘ Talos ⓘ
served	Minos ⓘ surface form: King Minos of Crete Queen Pasiphaë of Crete ⓘ
symbolizes	human ingenuity ⓘ technical innovation ⓘ
teacherOf	Talos in some traditions ⓘ
timePeriod	mythic age ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minos → associatedWithHero → Daedalus ⓘ

Minos → employerOf → Daedalus ⓘ

labyrinth of the Minotaur → designedBy → Daedalus ⓘ

subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur

Pasiphaë → connectedTo → Daedalus ⓘ

daughters of King Cocalus → associatedWith → Daedalus ⓘ

Labyrinth → designedBy → Daedalus ⓘ

Labyrinth → associatedWithCharacter → Daedalus ⓘ

Minotaur → designedPrisonBy → Daedalus ⓘ

Icarus → father → Daedalus ⓘ

Icarus → parent → Daedalus ⓘ

Icarus → imprisonedWith → Daedalus ⓘ

Icarus → warningReceivedFrom → Daedalus ⓘ

Metamorphōsēs → containsStory → Daedalus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daedalus and Icarus

Freedom League → notableMember → Daedalus ⓘ

Cretan cycle of myths → featuresCharacter → Daedalus ⓘ