All 50 Uses of
Daedalus
in
Circe
- It is Daedalus.†
p. 33.8
- Do you have Daedalus too?†
p. 69.3
- What brings the famous Daedalus to my shores?†
p. 103.1
- Daedalus was watching me, his face shadowed.†
p. 104.8
- A wonder of the mortal world, my brother had called Daedalus, but this was a wonder in any world.†
p. 105.7
- Daedalus said.†
p. 106.8
- Daedalus could not have been called handsome, but his features had a pleasing sturdiness.†
p. 106.8
- Daedalus had marked out a small space for me with a bedroll, but I left it.†
p. 108.2
- It made me think of Daedalus, that upright man with fire in his bones.†
p. 109.5
- Daedalus did not seem like a man newly heart-struck, nor an old lover, with a wife of many years molded to his side.†
p. 109.7
- Daedalus' voice spoke again in my ears.†
p. 109.9
- Daedalus' throat would be ripped open, my own flesh snatched up in her mouths.†
p. 110.0
- Daedalus had come to stand by me.†
p. 112.3
- Daedalus draped it around me, fastening it by its golden octopus pin.†
p. 112.5
- When I opened my eyes, Daedalus was staring.†
p. 112.9
- I turned to Daedalus.†
p. 113.4
- At the edge of my vision I saw Daedalus push one to the side and take his place.†
p. 114.9
- Run, I thought, at Daedalus.†
p. 115.9
- I heard Daedalus crying orders but could not see him.†
p. 116.0
- Daedalus was kneeling.†
p. 116.7
- "Lady," Daedalus said.†
p. 116.9
- Daedalus repaired the rail, then took his turn among them.†
p. 118.1
- Daedalus gestured that I should go first.†
p. 119.1
- I heard Daedalus' breaths behind me and Polydamas' in front.†
p. 119.2
- Daedalus and Polydamas hesitated, blinking.†
p. 119.3
- Cunningly recessed skylights let in light but no glimpse of sky; Daedalus' work, I supposed.†
p. 119.9
- I could hear nothing beyond that heavy wood, but I became aware of Daedalus' ragged breath beside me.†
p. 120.1 *
- "Daedalus," she said, "take up the knife."†
p. 122.3
- Anyway, it is fitting that Daedalus should do it, he knows why.†
p. 122.5
- "I will do it," Daedalus said to me.†
p. 122.6
- How Daedalus held that knife steady I do not know.†
p. 122.8
- It took a long time, for my sister's immortal flesh fought back, but Daedalus cut on with utmost concentration, and at last the glistening muscles parted, and the flesh beneath gave way.†
p. 122.9
- Her belly had stopped rippling when Daedalus began to cut.†
p. 123.2
- 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.†
p. 123.6
- Daedalus, pale and blood-spattered.†
p. 124.4
- But Daedalus gathered up the corners, and when he had them, I jerked my hands away.†
p. 124.8
- I could hear the rasp of Daedalus' breath.†
p. 124.9
- Daedalus returned with a birdcage, the finches still fluttering inside.†
p. 125.1
- "Well, Daedalus?" she said at last.†
p. 125.5
- Daedalus.†
p. 126.5
- After, I sat on the bank beneath the silvered leaves and thought of Daedalus' question.†
p. 129.4
- The creature was mortal, but it could not die as an infant, by my hand or Daedalus'.†
p. 129.9
- That would be Daedalus' work, yet there might be a way for me to help him.†
p. 130.1
- Daedalus' work, it could be no other.†
p. 130.9
- The girl from Daedalus' prow.†
p. 131.1
- But I must find Daedalus.†
p. 131.3
- The door swung open, revealing Daedalus, sooty and stained.†
p. 131.7
- I slept, and the next morning Daedalus came for me.†
p. 137.5
- Daedalus made a noise in his throat.†
p. 138.3
- "It is a new substance," Daedalus said.†
p. 138.4
Definition:
Greek mythology: clever Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos and who fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus