Daedalus. A great architect and sculptor. He invented the wedge, the axe, the level, and the gimlet, and was the first to use sails. He made himself wings with feathers and wax, and fitted them to his body and to his son Icarus. They sailed in the air, but the heat of the sun melted the wax on the wings of Icarus, and he fell into the ocean, which after him has been called the Icarian Sea.

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