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Greek mythology: clever Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos and who fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
- I am not the king's physician, and his majesty has not given me the Garden of Daedalus in which to observe the constellations.1.5.1 — Vol 1 Bk 5 Chpt 1 — Abbas Beati Martini (57% in)
- Beyond the Tournelles, as far as the wall of Charles V., spread out, with rich compartments of verdure and of flowers, a velvet carpet of cultivated land and royal parks, in the midst of which one recognized, by its labyrinth of trees and alleys, the famous Daedalus garden which Louis XI. had given to Coictier.1.3.2 — Vol 1 Bk 3 Chpt 2 — A Bird's-Eye View of Paris (59% in)
- Daedalus is the base; Orpheus is the wall; Hermes is the edifice,—that is all.1.5.1 — Vol 1 Bk 5 Chpt 1 — Abbas Beati Martini (82% in)
- While Daedalus, who is force, measured; while Orpheus, who is intelligence, sang;—the pillar, which is a letter; the arcade, which is a syllable; the pyramid, which is a word,—all set in movement at once by a law of geometry and by a law of poetry, grouped themselves, combined, amalgamated, descended, ascended, placed themselves side by side on the soil, ranged themselves in stories in the sky, until they had written under the dictation of the general idea of an epoch, those marvellous...1.5.2 — Vol 1 Bk 5 Chpt 2 — This Will Kill That (13% in)
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