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 who lives in Athens. Daedalus’ nephew Talus arrives in Athens, and ends up inventing the saw and compass. Daedalus is jealous about Talus’ talent, and pushes him off of a cliff. Then Daedalus is worried about what he did will get him in trouble and leaves Athens, he wanders around and ends up in Crete. Later Daedalus runs into King Minos who hires Daedalus to build a Labyrinth to hold King Minos’ minotaur. So Daedalus builds the Labyrinth, but realizes he’s a prisoner. He goes to the top of the castle and sees a bird flying and got an idea to build a pair of wings to
