Daedalus As Retold

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In the myth ”Daedalus” as retold by Anne Terry White, a man learns that his actions have unexpected and unfortunate consequences. Daedalus is a talented sculptor and architect. Talus ,Daedalus's Nephew, arrives in athens and ends up creating a fish saw and a compass. Then with jealousy Daedalus pushes his nephew Talus off of a cliff and kills him. After that Daedalus is worried that he might get caught for his crime so he wanders around looking for a place to stay safe and then found Crete. After Daedalus gets to Crete he meets with king Minos and they make and agreement. King Minos explains you can stay at Crete for as long as you need if you work for me by building a labyrinth for a monster I have created called a minotaur. After the deal

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