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Miss Clarts got tears in her eyes when she told us the story of Icarus, how his wings had melted when he flew too close to the sun, and how he had dropped like a stone past his father, Daedalus, into the sea.
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Daedalus = Greek mythology: clever Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos and who fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
- It is Daedalus.† (source)
- There are more amazing ideas here than in Daedalus's workshop.† (source)
- It was his father, Daedalus, who crafted the wings, who knew how to get off Crete and safely reach the mainland, and who in fact flew to safety.† (source)
- The MIT group named their human-powered aircraft, Daedalus.
- But, Daedalus … the Titan army is still down there.† (source)
- But, oh no, a simple maze wasn't good enough for a brilliant inventor like Daedalus.† (source)
- Daedalus' throat would be ripped open, my own flesh snatched up in her mouths.† (source)
- If anyone would have kept up with Daedalus and could tell you his fate, it is Hephaestus.† (source)
- Daedalus could not have been called handsome, but his features had a pleasing sturdiness.† (source)
- What if Kronos wishes Daedalus to make him a new form?† (source)
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- Daedalus might have carved a lovely statue of them: Humility.† (source)
- He'd already gotten the string from Daedalus.† (source)
- How he might fit himself to Penelope again, smooth as one of Daedalus' joints.† (source)
- The creature was mortal, but it could not die as an infant, by my hand or Daedalus'.† (source)
- A smile of relief spread across Daedalus's face.† (source)
- Thought you'd like to know, Daedalus got his punishment.† (source)
- Daedalus was watching me, his face shadowed.† (source)
- I researched everything I could find about Daedalus.† (source)
- I think Daedalus would have you in a minute.† (source)
- I know Daedalus's Labyrinth better than anybody.† (source)
- We passed the island where I had stopped with Daedalus on the way to Crete.† (source)
- I will lead the quest to find Daedalus's workshop.† (source)
- Daedalus' face had gone soft as ripe fruit, his eyes full and shining.† (source)
- "You know, my lord," Aelia said, "Daedalus thought you would come.† (source)
- I heard Daedalus' breaths behind me and Polydamas' in front.† (source)
- Daedalus and Polydamas hesitated, blinking.† (source)
- "Yes, my young architect," Daedalus agreed.† (source)
- Daedalus was a great inventor, a mortal after Hephaestus's heart.† (source)
- It made me think of Daedalus, that upright man with fire in his bones.† (source)
- Daedalus stepped in, carrying a traveler's bag.† (source)
- There was a kind of joy in drawing Prometheus for him, in making Ariadne and Daedalus live again.† (source)
- "Daedalus cares nothing for you, half-bloods," Minos warned.† (source)
- Anyway, it is fitting that Daedalus should do it, he knows why.† (source)
- One threw his sword in desperation, but Daedalus and Icarus were already out of reach.† (source)
- "Then perhaps," I said, "Odysseus told you also that Daedalus himself made it?† (source)
- He reminded me a little of Daedalus, his evenness and wit.† (source)
- "Small compensation for the way I have acted," Daedalus said.† (source)
- Daedalus set his sword on the workbench.† (source)
- And all the while, Daedalus was working.† (source)
- How Daedalus held that knife steady I do not know.† (source)
- I looked at the massive black hound, who whimpered pitifully, still licking Daedalus's hair.† (source)
- But beneath his ease I could feel a roil that Daedalus never had.† (source)
- "The wax compound should hold for several hours," Daedalus said nervously as his son worked.† (source)
- If Daedalus is alive, we convince him to help us, not Luke.† (source)
- Daedalus had said to me once: Even the best iron grows brittle with too much beating.† (source)
- I had not even considered that Daedalus' secret could be a child.† (source)
- Daedalus had a few scratches that were bleeding golden oil, but he looked better than most of us.† (source)
- A wonder of the mortal world, my brother had called Daedalus, but this was a wonder in any world.† (source)
- "Smarter than me," Daedalus mumbled, too soft for the boy to hear.† (source)
- "It is all right," I murmured, whether to myself or Daedalus or the creature, I could not say.† (source)
- But it would have the mark of Daedalus on it.† (source)
- Daedalus returned with a birdcage, the finches still fluttering inside.† (source)
- Daedalus will be building overpasses and exit ramps in Asphodel for all time.† (source)
- After, I sat on the bank beneath the silvered leaves and thought of Daedalus' question.† (source)
- We have to get to Daedalus's workshop first.† (source)
- "I found the Hundred-Handed One as I came through the maze," Daedalus explained.† (source)
- Odysseus would see his qualities clearly, just as he had picked out Daedalus' loom.† (source)
- In the evenings after dinner, I set myself before Daedalus' loom.† (source)
- I am not sure, but I fear they seek to make a deal with Daedalus.† (source)
- I saw dreams about … Daedalus killed his nephew.† (source)
- Daedalus had gone already; he liked to be home when Icarus woke.† (source)
- It was a navigation instrument of some kind, invented by Daedalus.† (source)
- Which means you are like Daedalus after all.† (source)
- Daedalus put his hand to his son's shoulder.† (source)
- Daedalus was the world's greatest inventor.† (source)
- Yet looking more closely, I saw Daedalus' stamp.† (source)
- "The maze is my property," the ghost said, "not Daedalus's!† (source)
- Cunningly recessed skylights let in light but no glimpse of sky; Daedalus' work, I supposed.† (source)
- Looking for Daedalus is a waste of time.† (source)
- Daedalus had barred them from the inside with a wooden brace, but still they shook on their hinges.† (source)
- Daedalus was waiting amid the chaos of the pier.† (source)
- What brings the famous Daedalus to my shores?† (source)
- We must be close to Daedalus's workshop," she said.† (source)
- Annabeth said hesitantly, "we're looking for Daedalus.† (source)
- I slept, and the next morning Daedalus came for me.† (source)
- Her belly had stopped rippling when Daedalus began to cut.† (source)
- If Daedalus died … he said his life force was tied to the Labyrinth.† (source)
- You really are crazy if you think Daedalus will help you.† (source)
- I could not stop hearing Daedalus talking of his freedom.† (source)
- I thought of the white scars on Daedalus' hands.† (source)
- "A place I swore never to enter, again," Daedalus said.† (source)
- Daedalus picked up another one of the boy's metal bugs.† (source)
- I could hear the rasp of Daedalus' breath.† (source)
- The door swung open, revealing Daedalus, sooty and stained.† (source)
- I told Rachel about the Labyrinth, and how we needed to find Daedalus….† (source)
- In that eerie light, the bones of Penelope's face showed fine as one of Daedalus' statues.† (source)
- I reckon you'll be looking for Daedalus's workshop now?† (source)
- They didn't make any sense to me, but Daedalus nodded grudgingly.† (source)
- Daedalus gestured that I should go first.† (source)
- You helped the Athenian kill my Minotaur, Daedalus.† (source)
- "Daedalus," she said, "take up the knife."† (source)
- Daedalus had marked out a small space for me with a bedroll, but I left it.† (source)
- Daedalus and his son froze, their metal wings glimmering on their backs.† (source)
- "This was not part of our agreement," Daedalus said.† (source)
- But Daedalus gathered up the corners, and when he had them, I jerked my hands away.† (source)
- She licked my face once, then almost knocked Daedalus over with an . enthusiastic leap.† (source)
- At the edge of my vision I saw Daedalus push one to the side and take his place.† (source)
- That would be Daedalus' work, yet there might be a way for me to help him.† (source)
- Apparently Daedalus was not at home, but the workshop looked like it had been recently used.† (source)
- Daedalus's workshop would be in the oldest part.† (source)
- "Daedalus once visited this place," I told the man.† (source)
- Trading Daedalus's soul for your sister's.† (source)
- I closed my eyes, to find that impression I had made of Daedalus' face.† (source)
- Behind them, smoke billowed from the . windows of Daedalus's workshop.† (source)
- When I opened my eyes, Daedalus was staring.† (source)
- A winter is more than you had with Daedalus.† (source)
- When his left wing was sealed to the straps, Daedalus began working on the right.† (source)
- You will pay now and forever Suddenly Daedalus collapsed in agony.† (source)
- I heard Daedalus crying orders but could not see him.† (source)
- Each night Daedalus knocked secretly at my door.† (source)
- Daedalus has been kind to us, Your Majesty.† (source)
- We must have more time," Daedalus murmured.† (source)
- Daedalus draped it around me, fastening it by its golden octopus pin.† (source)
- Daedalus repaired the rail, then took his turn among them.† (source)
- The giants came right at Daedalus, but Mrs. O'Leary leaped to his defense.† (source)
- Do you really believe Daedalus will help you?† (source)
- Instead of getting mad, Daedalus hung his head.† (source)
- "The Labyrinth has been busy," Daedalus corrected.† (source)
- But you don't even look like Daedalus," I protested.† (source)
- Report back to me, and I will tell you what you need to know about Daedalus.† (source)
- Daedalus stretched the frame, and the wings expanded to twenty feet.† (source)
- "The mark of Daedalus," she said, as if that was supposed to make sense.† (source)
- A woman's stern voice spoke from above: You will pay the price for that, Daedalus.† (source)
- Daedalus turned toward Nico, who drew his sword.† (source)
- I'd just watched the guy we were looking for, Daedalus, murder his own nephew.† (source)
- And the child of Athena's final stand-that was Daedalus.† (source)
- She'd brought Daedalus's laptop with her, of course.† (source)
- She closed her laptop, which had been given to her as a gift from the inventor Daedalus last summer.† (source)
- Daedalus was nothing compared to me—the immortal sorceress, daughter of Helios, sister of Circe!† (source)
- She dug around in her backpack, brought out Daedalus's laptop, and typed in a few commands.† (source)
- Daedalus planted them here just in case he needed an army:' "To attack Olympus or defend it?† (source)
- She rummaged in her pack and pulled out Daedalus's laptop.† (source)
- Daedalus had created it to be a living, growing maze.† (source)
- "Guys, this is bigger than Daedalus's laptop.† (source)
- Command sequence: Daedalus Twenty-three.† (source)
- Later, the same empousa had attacked them in Daedalus's workshop.† (source)
- Her backpack was missing, along with Daedalus's laptop.† (source)
- Command sequence: Daedalus Twenty-three.† (source)
- When the tunnel network collapsed after Daedalus died, Percy had been relieved.† (source)
- She doubted the ghosts would wait while she whipped out Daedalus's laptop and did a search.† (source)
- She took out Daedalus's laptop and opened it.† (source)
- You credit Daedalus with all the maze's secrets?† (source)
- You have studied the techniques of Daedalus himself.† (source)
- Random thoughts glinted in her mind, like gold nuggets coming to the surface: Daedalus.† (source)
- She'd been studying the bronze map for days now, scouring Daedalus's laptop for information.† (source)
- Plus, Daedalus had some notes on flying machines.† (source)
- It was dangerous enough before, under Daedalus'; control, and he wasn't evil.† (source)
- Daedalus had so many ideas, I could spend fifty years just trying to figure them all out.† (source)
- Daedalus once told her that his maze had a life of its own.† (source)
- One of Daedalus's ideas," Annabeth said.† (source)
- Command sequence: Daedalus Twenty-three.† (source)
- I remembered Daedalus.† (source)
- Few stories from Greek mythology capture the imagination like that of Daedalus and Icarus: the ingenious father's attempt to save his son from a tyrant as well as from his own invention (the labyrinth) by coming up with an even more marvelous creation; the solemn parental warning ignored in a burst of youthful exuberance; the fall from a great height; a father's terrible grief and guilt.† (source)
- "I never liked Daedalus," I muttered.† (source)
- In the old days, you couldn't take a step inside Daedalus's Labyrinth without sensing its all-consuming desire: I will destroy your mind and your body.† (source)
- As in Daedalus's Labyrinth?"† (source)
- Since Daedalus died ….† (source)
- They only opened to voice her complaints: about the smell of the dyes bubbling on the stove, the lion hairs on the rugs, even Daedalus' loom.† (source)
- Daedalus made a noise in his throat.† (source)
- Daedalus did not long outlive his son.† (source)
- Daedalus' work, it could be no other.† (source)
- At least I had earned my exile, but Daedalus was innocent, kept only as a trophy for my sister and Minos' vanity.† (source)
- I tried to remember the feel of Daedalus' scars beneath my fingers, but the memories were built of air, and blew away.† (source)
- I could hear nothing beyond that heavy wood, but I became aware of Daedalus' ragged breath beside me.† (source)
- Daedalus had told me a story once about the lords of Crete who used to hire him to enlarge their houses.† (source)
- She escaped and Daedalus sewed up the wound, but it left a scar at the base of her neck, in the shape of a crown.† (source)
- Daedalus did not seem like a man newly heart-struck, nor an old lover, with a wife of many years molded to his side.† (source)
- Daedalus sat, drank a swallow of wine.† (source)
- Daedalus, pale and blood-spattered.† (source)
- I wanted to see Daedalus for myself.† (source)
- If you find Daedalus, don't trust him.† (source)
- I thought some scrambled thing: that Daedalus must have dropped the scalpel inside of her, that a bone had broken in her labor and stabbed me.† (source)
- "I will do it," Daedalus said to me.† (source)
- Eurytion studied the cattle guard, and I got the feeling the subject of Daedalus's workshop made him uncomfortable.† (source)
- "Well, Daedalus?" she said at last.† (source)
- Daedalus grabbed for his sword, but the second giant smashed the workbench with his fist, and the sword went flying.† (source)
- She would tend to Chiron until his leg was fully recovered, and keep studying Daedalus's laptop, which had engrossed her for the last two months.† (source)
- Daedalus' voice spoke again in my ears.† (source)
- He's searching for Daedalus's workshop?† (source)
- She had known how useful I would be, dutifully cleaning her messes, protecting Daedalus, seeing the monster safely contained.† (source)
- I mourned for that sweet boy's death, but I mourned more for Daedalus, winging doggedly onwards, dragging that desperate grief behind him.† (source)
- "A painless death," Daedalus mused.† (source)
- Daedalus was fighting his way out of the Labyrinth, slashing down enemies left and right as he made his way toward us.† (source)
- It was made by the craftsman Daedalus.† (source)
- Someone must enter the Labyrinth, find the workshop of Daedalus, and prevent Luke from using the maze to invade this camp.† (source)
- The hills and trees before me, the worms and lions, stones and tender buds, Daedalus' loom, all wavered as if they were a fraying dream.† (source)
- I had once told Daedalus that I would never marry, because my hands were dirty, and I liked my work too much.† (source)
- Daedalus died to destroy the Labyrinth.† (source)
- "It is a new substance," Daedalus said.† (source)
- Mrs. O'Leary and Daedalus were still locked in combat with the giants, and I could hear shouting in the tunnel.† (source)
- The memory of Daedalus' white-scarred hands, and the pleasure I had taken in them, was like a hot wire pushed through my brain.† (source)
- If we don't get to Daedalus first-"† (source)
- Instead, he said, "When I was a boy and everyone played at wrestling monsters like Heracles, I dreamed of being Daedalus instead.† (source)
- "And you did," Annabeth marveled, "for two thousand years," She sounded kind of impressed, despite the horrible things Daedalus had done.† (source)
- Yeah, but the architecture to the right-those old stones-that's more likely to lead to an ancient part of the maze, toward Daedalus's workshop.† (source)
- After I left, Daedalus built his great maze indeed, the Labyrinth, whose walls confounded the Minotaur's rage.† (source)
- Not all men were as unshakable as Daedalus, and these sailors looked as though they had known shocks enough already.† (source)
- "You really are Daedalus," I decided.† (source)
- I seized a knife and dragged a great bronze mirror to face me, for there was no Daedalus now to help.† (source)
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