When the two men passed winged sea Daedalus and Icarus , birds fugggivano scared. pass by the islands and shepherds raise their astonished eyes, believing in fantastic visions.
Icarus could hear the cries of astonishment of the farmers, he saw the men stunned and felt increasingly become proud, he seemed almost to be a god, so high in the sky, so clear and fast in the clouds.
must have been even better reach heaven, through the sublime way of stars, thought Icarus.
"Groped a daring flight close to the sun, to look closely at the 'immense luminous star!" thought of Icarus.
Almost without realizing it, dragged by his own desire, he went away, little by little in the wake tacciatagli by his father Daedalus, who preceded him. He put
, rapidly rising towards the high region of the firmament, but the burning heat of the sun soon softening the wax was scented join the wings behind him, broke up the feathers of 'armor that held them together and precipitated in waves of the sea below.
Icarus tried in vain to remain suspended in the 'air from his arms frantically. Chiuma fell into the sea and covered him. Since then
that sea is called Icarus Tues.
Daedalus found out later of 'recklessness of his son, could not do anything to avoid the tragic death in' Ocean and had to continue the flight, till he came to Cuma.
Here he built a magnificent temple dedicated to Apollo and spends his prodigious wings.
L 'anguish over son's death, but did not allow him svolpire on all the doors of the temple's history Minos and its progeny, creating a fantastic, wonderful oepra d' art.
but when he came to the poor seems to sculpt the 'episode of his escape from the labyrinth and the death of Icarus, his hands trembled with emotion, the chisel fell to earth and 'work remained unfinished.
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