He is also said to have carved statues so spirited they appeared to be living and moving. Supposedly, he first invented masts and sails for ships for the navy of King Minos. In Pliny's Natural History (7.198) he is credited with inventing carpentry, including tools like the axe, saw, glue, and more. Eleftherna, archaic period, 7th century BC.ĭaedalus is not mentioned again in literature until the fifth century BC, but he is widely praised as an inventor, artist, and architect, though classical sources disagree on which inventions exactly are attributable to him. Upper body of a Daedalic statue of a Kore, poros stone. Rather, Homer was referencing mythology that his audience was already familiar with. It is clear that Daedalus was not an original character of Homer's. He is later mentioned by Homer as the creator of a dancing floor for Ariadne, similar to that which Hephaestus placed on the Shield of Achilles. Inventor, architect, artist ĭaedalus is first mentioned in roughly 1400 BC on the Knossian Linear B tablets. The Athenians made Cretan-born Daedalus Athenian-born, the grandson of the ancient king Erechtheus, claiming that Daedalus fled to Crete after killing his nephew. Daedalus had two sons: Icarus and Iapyx, along with a nephew named either Talos, Calos, or Perdix. Similarly, his mother was either Alcippe, Iphinoe, Phrasmede or Merope, daughter of King Erechtheus. His father is claimed to be either Eupalamus, Metion, or Palamaon.
Family ĭaedalus's parentage was supplied as a later addition, with various authors attributing different parents to him. The name appears in the form da-da-re-jo-de, possibly referring to a sanctuary. The name Daidalos appears to be attested in Linear B, a writing system used to record Mycenaean Greek. 5 Later depictions in art and literature.A Roman mosaic from Zeugma, Commagene (now in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum) depicting Daedalus and his son Icarus
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