I am going to start off this week with really GREAT news for a change! This week I have been inducted into the Latin branch of the World Language Honor Society!
This week I am going to tell you all about Daedalus and Icarus. Daedalus was a highly respected and talented Athenian artisan. One day, Daedalus committed a crime against his nephew, Talus, by throwing him off the Acropolis. For this, Daedalus was exiled to Crete. There, he had his son, Icarus. When Daedalus and Icarus were imprisoned, Daedalus, studying the wings of birds, invented wings so they could fly out of there to safety. Before they took off to fly, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too low lest his wings touch the waves and get wet and not too high lest the sun melt the wax. Unfortunately, Icarus was too thrilled to be flying and he flew too close to the sun, melting the wax and drowning in the sea. A girl, named Heracles, found him washed up on the shore and recognized him, so she gave him a proper burial.
The moral of this story is to always follow and listen to instructions because you never know what will happen if you don't follow them.
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