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Based on Ovid's poem "Metamorphoses"

The greatest painter, sculptor and architect of Athens was Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus. It was said that he carved such marvelous statues from snow-white marble that they seemed alive; the statues of Daedalus seemed to be watching and moving. Daedalus invented many tools for his work; he invented the ax and the drill. The glory of Daedalus went far.

This artist had a nephew, Tal, the son of his sister Perdiki. Tal was a student of his uncle. Already in his early youth, he amazed everyone with his talent and ingenuity. One could foresee that Tal would far surpass his teacher. Daedalus was jealous of his nephew and decided to kill him. Once Daedalus stood with his nephew on the high Athenian acropolis at the very edge of the cliff. There was no one around. Seeing that they were alone, Daedalus pushed his nephew off the cliff. The artist was sure that his crime would go unpunished. Falling from a cliff, Tal crashed to death. Daedalus hastily descended from the acropolis, lifted Tal's body and wanted to secretly bury it in the ground, but the Athenians found Daedalus when he was digging a grave. Daedalus's atrocity was revealed. The Areopagus sentenced him to death.

Fleeing from death, Daedalus fled to Crete to the powerful king Minos, the son of Zeus and Europe. Minos willingly took him under his protection. Daedalus made many wonderful works of art for the king of Crete. He also built for him the famous Labyrinth Palace, with such intricate passages that, once entering it, it was impossible to find a way out. In this palace, Minos imprisoned the son of his wife Pasiphai, the terrible Minotaur, a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull.

Daedalus lived with Minos for many years. The king did not want to let him go from Crete; only one wanted to use the art of the great artist. Like a prisoner, Minos held Daedalus in Crete. Daedalus thought for a long time how to escape to him, and finally found a way to free himself from the Cretan bondage.

- If I cannot, - exclaimed Daedalus, - to escape from the power of Minos neither by dry way, nor by sea, then the sky is open for flight! This is my way! Minos owns everything, only he does not own air!

Daedalus set to work. He collected feathers, fastened them with linen thread and wax, and began to make four large wings out of them. While Daedalus worked, his son Icarus played beside his father: he caught fluff, which flew up from the breeze, then he crumpled wax in his hands. Finally Daedalus finished his work: the wings were ready. Daedalus tied his wings behind his back, put his hands in loops, fixed on the wings, waved them and smoothly rose into the air. Icarus looked in amazement at his father, who floated in the air like a huge bird. Daedalus came down to earth and said to his son:

- Listen, Icarus, now we are leaving Crete. Be careful while flying. Don't go too low to the sea for the salty spray of the waves to wet your wings. Do not go up close to the sun: the heat can melt the wax, and feathers scatter. Fly after me, do not lag behind me.

Father and son put their wings on their hands and easily took off into the air. Those who saw them flying high above the earth thought that these were two gods rushing across the azure of heaven. Daedalus often turned around to watch his son fly. They have already passed the islands of Delos, Paros and are flying farther and farther.

Fast flight amuses Icarus, he flaps his wings more and more boldly. Icarus forgot his father's instructions; he is not already following him. Strongly flapping his wings, Icarus flew high into the sky, closer to the radiant sun. The scorching rays melted the wax that held the feathers together, they fell out and scattered far through the air, driven by the wind. Icarus waved his hands, but there are no more wings on them. He fell headlong from a terrible height into the sea and died in its waves.

Daedalus turned around, looks around. No Icarus. Loudly he began to call his son:

- Icarus! Icarus! Where are you? Please respond!

No answer. Daedalus saw feathers from the wings of Icarus on the waves of the sea and realized what had happened. How Daedalus hated his art, how he hated the day when he planned to escape from Crete by air!

And the body of Icarus was worn for a long time along the waves of the sea, which began to be called after the deceased Icarus. Finally, the waves nailed the body of Icarus to the shore of the island; there Hercules found him and buried him. Daedalus continued his flight and finally flew to Sicily. There he settled with King Kokala. Minos found out where the artist had disappeared, went with a large army to Sicily and demanded that Cocalus give him Daedalus.

Kokala's daughters did not want to lose such an artist as Daedalus. They persuaded his father to agree to Minos's demands and accept him as a guest in the palace. When Minos was taking a bath, the daughters of Kokal poured a cauldron of boiling water over his head; Minos died in terrible agony.

Daedalus's crime. Lived in the Greek city of Athens, a master named Daedalus; no one could compare with him in art: as if the statues he had sculptured were alive, it seemed that they were about to leave their place and speak. Daedalus invented many tools, including the ax, with which people have been working ever since. But Daedalus was jealous of his glory, and when he noticed that his nephew and student Tal could surpass him, he lured the young man to the edge of a cliff and threw him out of there. For this crime, the Athenians expelled him from his hometown, and Daedalus found refuge on the island of Crete, with the powerful king Minos.

Daedalus' creations and dreams. Many wonderful works of art were created by Daedalus at the request of Minos; among them - and the famous Labyrinth, where Minos imprisoned the terrible Minotaur bull-man. Daedalus began to languish in homesickness, but Minos did not let him go, and there was no way to escape: the ships of the Cretan king were vigilantly guarding all the approaches, it was impossible to get to the island unnoticed, or get out of it.

Daedalus often looked into the endless sky, where swift-winged birds were flying and thought: "It would be nice for me to rise up and fly away from here!" And a daring plan arose in his mind. He decided to make wings and fly away from Crete with his son Icarus. Minos owns everything, he thought, but the air is not under his control. Let him try to catch us in the sky! "

Daedalus and Icarus in flight. Daedalus collected some bird feathers and set to work. He made four large wings, fastened the feathers with linen thread and wax, they turned out to be very similar to those of a bird. Daedalus Icarus called to him and said to him: “Listen, my son! Today you and I will leave the island of Crete, rush into the skies like birds. Look, be careful: do not rise high - the radiant Helios will melt the wax, and the feathers will scatter. Fly after me and do not lag behind. "

Daedalus put on wings, and he and Icarus soared into the air. They looked at them from below with amazement and horror: has it ever been seen that people fly through the air! Daedalus and Icarus flew farther and farther, from time to time the master glanced at his son.

The death of Icarus. And Icarus mastered with wings; intoxicated by his feeling of flight, cities, islands, ships swept under him ... Icarus forgot his father's instructions: he soared up to the very heights, and scorched Helios his wax wings. Feathers scattered far through the air, caught by the wind, Icarus waves his arms, but there are no more wings on them! He fell into the sea and died in its waves. Since then, this sea has been called the Ikarian Sea.

Daedalus in Sicily. Daedalus saw feathers floating in the water and realized what had happened; he cursed his art and the day when he decided to flee from Crete. But he could not circle in one place for a long time if he wanted to reach the ground. He flew with groans on and finally reached the island of Sicily. He decided to stay on it: Sicily is far from Crete, the vengeful Minos will not reach him. Daedalus was received by the Sicilian king Kokal, and the master began to live in his palace.

Minos attacks the trail of Daedalus. But Daedalus's quiet life did not last long. He learned that Minos had gone in search of him. The Cretan king understood that the masters could hide from him, and this is the trick he came up with. He sent messengers to all the cities and islands, who announced: "Whoever can thread a thread through the sea shell, so that it enters at one end, goes through all the convolutions and exits at the other, will be generously rewarded by the great Minos!" The king knew that only Daedalus could take up such a thing.

The messengers of Minos also arrived in Sicily. Kokal wanted to receive the promised reward; Daedalus was grateful for his hospitality and taught him how to complete the task. Kokal tied a string to the ant and launched it into the sink. The ant rushed to the exit from it, it ran along the walls of the shell, and a thin thread stretched behind it. The ant passed all the convolutions of the shell and got out. Kokal thought that there would be a generous reward in his hands - but no: "Immediately give me the fugitive Daedalus - I know for sure that he is hiding with you." Kokal was scared to disobey the order of the formidable king, but they did not want to part with the Daedalus of his daughter, whom the master made wonderful dolls.

Death of Minos. Kokal decided to get rid of Minos, and Daedalus taught him how to do it. He invited Kokal Minos to a feast in his palace, and before the feast he offered to take a bath. Not suspecting anything, Minos went to the bathhouse, but when he enjoyed bathing, Daedalus poured boiling water on him, and the king of Crete died in terrible agony. So Daedalus got rid of his pursuer. For a long time, the master lived in Sicily, and when old age came, he moved to Athens, where a clan of skilled craftsmen, the Daedalids, descended from him.

On this page you can read one of the myths of Ancient Greece - Daedalus and Icarus. Many works have been created based on this myth. Here are 2 versions of the text - as presented by Vera Vasilievna Smirnova (1898 - 1977) - a Russian Soviet writer, and as presented by Nikolai Albertovich Kuhn (1877 - 1940) - a Russian historian, writer, teacher and author of the popular book "Legends and Myths of Ancient Greece" 1922 of the year. Choose the version of presentation that interests you and familiarize yourself with its content.

The ancient Greek myth "Daedalus and Icarus" as presented by VV Smirnova

Excerpt from the book: Smirnova V. Daedalus and Icarus // Heroes of Hellas
Moscow "Children's Literature", 1971

In those distant times, when people still did not have tools or machines, the great artist Daedalus lived in Athens. He was the first to teach the Greeks to build beautiful buildings. Before him, artists did not know how to depict people in motion and made statues that looked like swaddled dolls with closed eyes. Daedalus, on the other hand, began to carve magnificent statues out of marble, depicting people in motion.

For his work, Daedalus himself invented and made tools and taught people to use them. He taught building builders how to check - with a stone on a string - if they were laying the walls right.

Daedalus had a nephew. He helped the artist in the workshop and studied arts with him. Once examining the fins of a fish, he thought to make a saw; invented a compass to draw the correct circle; carved a circle out of wood, made it rotate and began to sculpt earthenware on it - pots, jugs and round bowls.

Once Daedalus and his youth ascended the top of the Acropolis to look at the beauty of the city from above. Lost in thought, the young man stepped to the very edge of the cliff, could not resist, fell from the mountain and crashed.

The Athenians blamed Daedalus for the death of the boy. Daedalus had to flee from Athens. By ship he reached the island of Crete and came to the Cretan king Minos.

Minos was glad that fate had brought him the famous Athenian builder and artist. The king gave shelter to Daedalus and made him work for himself. Daedalus built a Labyrinth for him, where there were so many rooms and so tangled passages that anyone who entered there could no longer find a way out on his own.

Until now, the remains of this magnificent structure are shown on the island of Crete.

For a long time Daedalus lived with King Minos as a prisoner on a strange island in the middle of the sea. He often sat on the seashore, looking towards his native land, recalled his beautiful city and yearned. Many years have passed, and, probably, no one already remembered what he was accused of. But Daedalus knew that Minos would never let him go and no ship sailing from Crete would dare to take him with him, fearing persecution. And yet Daedalus was constantly thinking about returning.

Once, sitting by the sea, he raised his eyes to the wide sky and thought: “There is no way for me across the sea, but the sky is open for me. Who can stop me on the airway? Birds cut the air with their wings and fly wherever they want. Is a man worse than a bird? "

And he wanted to make himself wings to fly away from captivity. He began to collect the feathers of large birds, skillfully tied them with strong linen threads and fastened them with wax. Soon he made four wings - two for himself and two for his son Icarus, who lived with him in Crete. The wings were attached to the chest and arms with a cross-strap.

And then the day came when Daedalus tried his wings, put on and, smoothly waving his arms, rose above the ground. Wings held him in the air, and he directed his flight in the direction he wanted.

Going downstairs, he put on wings to his son and taught him to fly.

Wave your arms calmly and evenly, do not go down too low to the waves so as not to wet your wings, and do not rise high so that the rays of the sun do not scorch you. Follow me. - So he spoke to Icarus.

Daedalus teaches Icarus to fly

And so early in the morning they flew away from the island of Crete.

Only the fishermen in the sea and the shepherds in the meadow saw how they flew away, but they also thought that it was the winged gods flying over the land. And now the rocky island was left far behind, and the sea stretched wide beneath them.

The day was flaring up, the sun rose high, and its rays burned more and more.

Daedalus flew cautiously, keeping closer to the surface of the sea and fearfully looking back at his son.

And Icarus liked the free flight. All the faster he cut through the air with his wings, and he wanted to rise high, high, higher than the swallows, higher than the lark itself, which sings, looking straight into the face of the sun. And at that moment, when his father did not look at him, Icarus climbed high up to the sun itself.

The hot rays melted the wax that held the wings together, the feathers disintegrated and scattered around. Icarus waved his arms in vain - nothing more kept him in height. He fell rapidly, fell and disappeared into the depths of the sea.

Daedalus looked around - and did not see a flying son in the blue sky. He looked at the sea - only white feathers floated on the waves.

In despair, Daedalus sank to the first island he met, broke his wings and cursed his art, which killed his son.

But people remembered this first flight, and since then the dream of conquering the air, of spacious heavenly roads has lived in their souls.

The ancient Greek myth "Daedalus and Icarus" as presented by NA Kuhn

The myth is stated by N.A. Kuhn based on Ovid's poem "Metamorphoses".

The greatest painter, sculptor and architect of Athens was Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus. It was said about him that he carved such marvelous statues out of snow-white marble that they seemed alive; the statues of Daedalus seemed to be watching and moving.

Daedalus invented many tools for his work; he invented the ax and the drill.

Ax and drill

The glory of Daedalus went far. This great artist had a nephew, Tal, the son of his sister Perdika. Tal was a student of his uncle. Already in his early youth, he amazed everyone with his talent and ingenuity. One could foresee that Tal would far surpass his teacher. Daedalus was jealous of his nephew and decided to kill him. Once Daedalus stood with his nephew on the high Athenian Acropolis at the very edge of the cliff.

There was no one to be seen around. Seeing that they were alone, Daedalus pushed his nephew off the cliff. The artist was sure that his crime would go unpunished. Falling from a cliff, Tal crashed to death. Daedalus hurriedly descended from the Acropolis, lifted Tal's body and wanted to secretly bury it in the ground, but the Athenians found Daedalus when he was digging a grave. Daedalus's atrocity was revealed. The Areopagus sentenced him to death.

Fleeing from death, Daedalus fled to Crete to the powerful king Minos, the son of Zeus and Europe.

Minos willingly accepted the great artist of Greece under his protection. Daedalus made many wonderful works of art for the king of Crete. He also built for him the famous Labyrinth palace, with such intricate passages that once entering it, it was impossible to find a way out.

Knossos palace labyrinth

In this palace, Minos imprisoned the son of his wife Pasiphae, the terrible Minotaur, a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull.

Daedalus lived with Minos for many years. The king did not want to let him go from Crete; only one wanted to use the art of the great artist. Like a prisoner, Minos held Daedalus in Crete. Daedalus thought for a long time how to escape to him, and finally found a way to free himself from the Cretan bondage.

- If I cannot, - exclaimed Daedalus, - to escape from the power of Minos neither by dry way, nor by sea, then the sky is open for flight! This is my way! Minos owns everything, only he does not own air!

Daedalus set to work. He collected feathers, fastened them with linen thread and wax, and began to make four large wings out of them. While Daedalus worked, his son Icarus played beside his father: he caught fluff, which flew up from the breeze, then he crumpled wax in his hands. The boy frolicked carelessly, he was amused by his father's work. Finally, Daedalus finished his work; the wings were ready.

Icarus - the work of Anna Khodyrevskaya

Daedalus tied his wings behind his back, put his hands in loops attached to the wings, flapped them and smoothly rose into the air. Icarus looked in amazement at his father, who floated in the air like a huge bird. Daedalus came down to earth and said to his son:

- Listen, Icarus, now we are leaving Crete. Be careful while flying. Don't go too low to the sea for the salty spray of the waves to wet your wings. Do not go up and close to the sun: the heat can melt the wax, and feathers scatter. Fly after me, do not lag behind me.

Father and son put their wings on their hands and rushed easily. Those who saw them flying high above the earth thought that these were two gods rushing across the azure of heaven. Daedalus often turned around to watch his son fly. They have already passed the islands of Delos, Paros and are flying farther and farther.

Fast flight amuses Icarus, he flaps his wings more and more boldly. Icarus forgot his father's instructions; he is not already following him. Strongly flapping its wings, it flew high into the sky, closer to the radiant sun. The scorching rays melted the wax that held the feathers of the wings together, feathers fell out and scattered far through the air, driven by the wind. Icarus waved his hands, but there are no more wings on them. He fell headlong from a terrible height into the sea and died in its waves.

Daedalus turned around, looks around. No Icarus. Loudly he began to call his son:

- Icarus! Icarus! Where are you? Please respond!

No answer. Daedalus saw feathers from the wings of Icarus on the waves of the sea and realized what had happened. How Daedalus hated his art, how he hated the day when he planned to escape from Crete by air!

And the body of Icarus was worn for a long time along the waves of the sea, which began to be called after the deceased Icarus. Finally, the waves washed him to the shore of the island; there Hercules found him and buried him.

Daedalus continued his flight and finally flew to Sicily.

There he settled with King Kokala. Minos found out where the artist had disappeared, went with a large army to Sicily and demanded that Cocalus give him Daedalus.

Kokala's daughters did not want to lose such an artist as Daedalus. They came up with a trick. They persuaded my father to agree to the demands of Minos and accept him as a guest in the palace.

When Minos was taking a bath, the daughters of Kokal poured a cauldron of boiling water over his head; Minos died in terrible agony. Daedalus lived in Sicily for a long time. He spent the last years of his life at home, in Athens; there he became the ancestor of the Daedalids, a glorious family of Athenian artists.

1 Part of the Aegean Sea between the islands of Samos, Paros and the coast of Asia Minor.

In ancient times, the great artist Daedalus lived in Athens, who carved such amazing figures of gods and people from marble that they seemed alive. For his hard work, he made many different tools, including an ax and a drill that easily screwed into the rock. The Athenians loved the artist very much, praised in every possible way and did not imagine that Daedalus was capable of committing a crime.

He had a nephew named Tal. Daedalus taught him the craft of painter and sculptor. Tal soon impressed his teacher with many talents, in addition, he invented many new useful tools. Daedalus was frightened of his nephew's talents, and realized that he would soon surpass him in skill. Anger and a desire to get rid of his nephew arose in his soul.

Somehow they ended up together on the Athenian Acropolis and came to the edge of the cliff. There was no one nearby. And then Daedalus unexpectedly pushed his nephew into the abyss with force. And then he ran downstairs. Finding the dead body, he began to dig a grave for him. The Athenians caught him doing this. A trial took place, and Daedalus was found guilty of the death of Tal, the artist was sentenced to death.

But Daedalus did not want to die, he managed to escape from Athens. He hid on the island of Crete, began to serve the powerful king Minos. He built for him the famous palace Labyrinth with intricate passages. In this palace, Minos kept the son of his wife Pasiphai, the Minotaur, a terrible monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull.

Daedalus made many wonderful works of art for the king Mi-noos, but the king kept him as a prisoner. And Daedalus decided to leave him. He pondered for a long time which way to escape. He could not swim away by sea, he would have been caught immediately. Only the sky remained. And he decided to make wings.

Daedalus set to work. He collected various feathers, fastened them together with thread and wax. His son Icarus was always with him. Finally, two pairs of wings were ready. Daedalus attached a large pair to himself, waved them and rose into the air. When he sank to the ground, he said to Icarus, who was watching him with surprise:

My son, now you and I are leaving Crete. Fly after me. Be careful, do not go near the sea, so as not to wet your wings, nor the sun, so that the wax does not melt.

They put on their wings, flapped them and rose above the ground. The father waved harder, and they soared high above the ground. The people who saw them thought that it was two gods flying. They passed the island of Delos, followed by Paros. Daedalus in front, followed by Icarus. He liked such a free flight, he forgot his father's instructions, flapped his wings stronger, climbed high, high. Hot sun rays melted the wax, feathers scattered, Icarus flew into the water and crashed.

Daedalus did not immediately notice that Icarus was not flying after him. Only in the waves did he see his body without wings and understood everything. But he did not descend, he flew further, and the waves washed the body of Icarus to the shore. And from that time on, the sea began to be called Ikarian. Daedalus continued his flight and landed on the island of Sicily, where King Kokal lived. Daedalus settled with him.

But King Minos soon found out where his fugitive artist was hiding, and with an army arrived in Sicily. He demanded that Kokal give him Daedalus. Kokala's daughters stood up for the artist, who did not want to part with him. They persuaded his father to accept Minos as a guest, to invite him to wash in the bathhouse, and then pour a cauldron of boiling water over his head. They did just that to Minos. He died in terrible agony, and Daedalus remained in Sicily.

Over time, Daedalus nevertheless moved to his homeland in Athens, where he became the founder of the school of Athenian artists.

The Athenian Daedalus, son of Metzius, was the most skillful man of his time; he was at the same time a builder, a sculptor, and a stone carver. In every city there were works made by his hand; his statues were said to be alive.

He had a nephew named Tal, whom he initiated into his arts and who showed even greater ability than his teacher. Almost as a child, he invented the pottery machine, made the first saw from snake teeth and many other tools, all on his own, without the slightest help from teachers. Thus, even in his youth, he gained great fame, which made him proud and arrogant.

Daedalus was more and more jealous of his pupil; he was afraid of being surpassed. Envy so overwhelmed him that one evening, when no one was there, he pushed the boy off the city wall.

But when he wanted to bury the corpse, he suddenly felt embarrassed and fearful that he might be suspected of murder. He immediately disappeared to the island of Crete, where he received an advantageous job as an artist from King Minos. The king invited him to build for the Minotaur, a creature that had the body of a bull and at the same time resembled a man, a dwelling in which it would be hidden from the eyes of people.

The resourceful Daedalus built a labyrinth, consisting of a whole network of intricate, winding corridors, in which the eye was lost, and the traveler, getting into them, went astray. All these corridors led now forward and backward, so there was almost no way to get out. Inside this structure, the Minotaur was supposed to settle.

Seven young men and seven beautiful girls served as food for the monster, whom the Athenians had to give to the king of Crete for sacrifice every nine years. But Daedalus was frightened by these sacrifices. It was hard for the cheerful artist to stay on this lonely island, in the middle of the sea, with a strict, wayward king, and he strove to return to his homeland. His inventive mind soon found a way to escape.

“True, Minos surrounded me with the sea,” he exclaimed, “but the air is still beyond his control, so I will subjugate the air!

With indefatigable zeal, he began tying all kinds of bird feathers, starting with the shortest ones and gradually attaching the longer ones to them, so that it seemed that they were real wings. He fastened the feathers in the middle with linen laces, and waxed the bottom, then made a barely noticeable bend.

Daedalus had a young son, Icarus, who followed his father's work with curiosity. Then he himself began to help him. After everything was finished, Daedalus attached the wings to his body and easily, like a bird, took off into the air. When he came down to earth again, his son began to persistently ask him to make the same wings and take him with him on air travel. Daedalus was at first angry, but then gave in and soon prepared new wings for his son.

Listen to what I tell you, my son, - he then turned to the boy, - fly carefully, because if you go too low, your wings can get wet in the sea water and you will fall into the waves. But you must also beware of the sun and not fly too high, as its rays can melt the wax that holds the wings together. Fly between the sea and the sun, right behind me and closely follow my flight.

With such instructions he equipped his son, but his hand trembled when he attached his wings, and a heavy tear rolled down from his eyes.

Both of them flew into the air. Everything went fine at first. The islands of Samos, Delos and Paros remained far behind them, and the coast of Greece was already visible in the distance ... Suddenly, Icarus, encouraged by a safe journey, lagged behind his caring father and teacher, and one courageously headed up.

The close sun melted the wax that held the wings together with its hot rays; disintegrated, they hung helplessly on the boy's shoulders, and could no longer resist the wind, and the unfortunate man quickly flew down. He wanted to shout to his father; but the waves had already swallowed him ... When Daedalus turned around, he did not see his son. In vain he called him, no one responded.

Finally, he surveyed the ground with an attentive gaze. And suddenly I noticed the wings of my son on the crests of the sea waves. He immediately went down to earth and wandered for a long time along the seashore, looking for the boy. Soon the waves threw his corpse on the shore of the island, where his father buried him, calling him Ikaria, in memory of his son.

This is how fate avenged the murdered Tal. After Daedalus buried his son, he flew to Sicily. Here he was greeted with hospitality by King Kokal. Many generations later pointed to the beautiful lake he had built, from which a large and wide river flowed. And on a high rock, where not a single tree could resist, he built a castle, to which a beautiful winding road led, skillfully carved between the stones. Kokal chose this corner as his abode and storehouse for his treasures.

Daedalus's third work was a deep cave in which he arranged underground heating.
In addition, he erected a temple to Aphrodite and dedicated a golden honeycomb to the goddess, so well made that they seemed to be filled with real honey.

When Minos learned that the builder Daedalus had fled to Sicily, he decided to go after him with a whole army and return him. He moved across the sea and from the shore sent messengers to the king with a proposal to extradite the fugitive.
Kokal pretended to accept the offer of the Cretan king and invited him to his castle.

Minos came and was received with great cordiality. Since he was very tired, going up the steep road, he was offered a warm bath. But while he was sitting in it, the water was gradually heated until he suffocated from the heat.

The king's corpse was handed over to his retinue with the explanation that the king, having fallen, drowned in hot water. Kokalus buried him with great honors, and over his grave near Agrigent, by the hand of Daedalus, an open temple of Aphrodite was built.

Throughout his life, Daedalus remained with Kokal, and many famous masters were brought up under his leadership. But since the death of his son, he was no longer happy and, despite the fact that with his works he made the country cheerful and beautiful, he himself lived out his old age in sorrow. He was buried in Sicily.