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[[File:Tableaux du temple des muses - tirez du cabinet de feu mr. Favereau...gravez en tailles-douces par les meilleurs maistres de son temps, pour representer les vertus and les vices, sur les plus (14561090118).jpg|thumb|350px|No allusion here; this is how the Icarus story ends.]]
In the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus, a father and son attempted to flee from an island where they were held prisoner. The father, [[Gadgeteer Genius|Daedalus]], constructed two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers. Attaching the wings to their arms, he and his son Icarus managed to escape, flying over the ocean.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Parodied in ''[[One Piece]]'' when the ''giant squid'' [[Meaningful Name|Daidalos]] flew too close to the sun and turned into surume (dried squid), traumatizing his friend [[Meaningful Name|Ikaros]].
* In ''[[Ergo Proxy]]'', one of the characters is a scientist named Dr. Daedalus and one of his creations is given wings and dies from exposure to the sun (not because of wings melting, but because she was a Proxy and sunlight is their [[Achilles' Heel]])
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* Both the original novel and the 1976 film adaptation of ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]'' reference this myth (the opening section of the novel is called "Icarus Descending") -- the protagonist is an alien who comes to Earth in hopes of saving his [[Dying Race]] back home, but gradually succumbs to Earthly vices.
== [[Live
* In ''[[Babylon 5]]'', the scientific expedition that reawoke the Shadows by poking into [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]] was called the "Icarus expedition", after the ship on which it traveled.
* A two-part episode
== [[Music]] ==
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