Number four in the new serie on greek mythology.
Today I finished: 'ICARUS'
Background info from wikipedia:
Icarus (Latin) or Ikaros (Greek: Ἴκαρος) is a figure from Greek mythology, known for the flight together with his father Daedalus.
Because Icarus and Daedalus are imprisoned by King Minos in Crete, Daedalus thinks of a way to escape: he builds wings of a wooden frame, set with feathers in a bow fastened with wax. Because the wax can melt, Daedalus warns Icarus not to fly too high and close to the sun, but also not too low, because the wings would become too heavy from the seawater. In his enthusiasm, however, Icarus becomes reckless; he flies too high so that the laundry melts and he crashes into the Aegean Sea.
The story of Icarus is typical of the theme of hybris, which is common in Greek mythology; in this, a person is punished for his own pride or exaggerated self-confidence.
