wings of daedalus

deadalus and his son, icarus, were imprisoned by minos on an island. daedalus despaired but thought of a plan. he reasonne,"minos may command the land and sea, but i'll command the air. i shall build wings for ourselves." with this, he set about making two pairs of wings from soft feathers and wax. trembling with excitement, he fixed the finished wings onto himself and his son, "do not fly too low as the spray from the sea will wet your wings. do not fly too high as the sun ...