Flight Of Icarus by Dindin
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Here is the story of Icarus ,which I found in Wikipedia :
Icarus' father, Daedalus, a talented and remarkable Athenian craftsman, attempted to escape from his exile in the place of Crete, where he and his son were imprisoned at the hands of King Minos, the king for whom he had built the Labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur (half man, half bull). Daedalus, the superior craftsman, was exiled because he gave Minos' daughter, Ariadne, a clew[1] in order to help Theseus, the enemy of Minos, survive the Labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur.
Daedalus fashioned two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers for himself and his son. Before they took off from the island, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea. Overcome by the giddiness that flying lent him, Icarus soared through the sky curiously, but in the process he came too close to the sun, which melted the wax. Icarus kept flapping his wings but soon realized that he had no feathers left and that he was only flapping his bare arms. And so, Icarus fell into the sea in the area which bears his name, the Icarian Sea near Icaria, an island southwest of Samos.[2]
Hellenistic writers who gave philosophical knowledge underpinnings to the myth also preferred more realistic variants, in which the escape from Crete was actually by boat, provided by Pasiphaë, for which Daedalus invented the first sails, to outstrip Minos' pursuing galleys, and that Icarus fell overboard en route to Sicily and drowned.
Comments (23)
farmerC
Het is een SCHOONHEID.
claudia02
Klasse Bild !
carlx
Superb work!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
fantastisch ! vooral het middenstuk
algra
Super, grandioos! f
Henny31
schitterend werk. Thanks for the interesting story.
jmb007
bonne image!
renderix
super cool!
npauling
A great story to go with this super fractal. Excellent work.
peedy
Fantastic! Corrie
dochtersions
This is outstanding art, with indeed a great story. I also see an owl (or even something that looks a bit like your avatar ;-)) in it.
vxbob
Excellent owl and colors
Dinhi
Look at those adorable eyes...thank you Dina!
alida
I knew Icarus' story:) and your fractal is fantastic
tresamie
Oh, I can see him flapping so desperately!
amota99517
Nicely done! Love the colors.
zmarek
Very nice and beautiful image.
FANTASTICFRACTALS
SUPERBLY HYPNOTIC AND IT ACTUAL ANIMATES WITH CONTINUAL STARING.
brucedar
Very nice detail and surrealism
fraxialmaze99
Adorable baby owl learning so hard how to fly!!! excellent design and colors...BRAVO!
afugatt
Delightful! Wonderful information!
Carlahoon
owl and sunlight very good!!
three_grrr
This is wonderful! I too see a lovely little owl, wings moving so fast they are blur around him. He is a smart bird, flying with his back to the sun so he is not blinded by it's light. Beautiful work!