KIDS QUIZ
MYTHICAL CREATURES
Question
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He flew to close to the sun, making the wax melt, leading him to fall and then drown.
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He purposely fell because he wanted to see what would happen.
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The wings weren’t attached well and he fell into the sea.
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He flew so high up that he got burnt by the sun.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Icarus was so intoxicated by the experience of flight that he went higher and higher. As the wax in his wings melted, he tumbled into the sea and drowned. The saying “don’t fly too close to the sun” is a reference to Icarus’ recklessness and defiance of limitations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Daedalus and his son, Icarus, were imprisoned on the island of Crete. Daedalus created wings to fly away. Icarus, ambitiously, flew too near the sun. The wax holding his wings together melted and he plunged into the sea and was drowned.
Detailed explanation-3: -They escaped and flew up into the sky. Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun; however, Icarus got carried away and promptly did just that, upon which the wax in his wings melted. He fell to his death, drowning in the sea surrounding the island of Samos, a sea which is now named after him.