The myth of Icarus and Daedalus - Amy Adkins

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    In mythological ancient Greece, Icarus flew above Crete on wings made from wax and feathers, defying the laws of man and nature. To witnesses on the ground, he looked like a god, and he felt like one too. But, in his society, the line that separated god from man was absolute, and the punishment for mortals who attempted to cross it was severe. Amy Adkins explains the myth of Icarus and Daedalus.
    Lesson by Amy Adkins, animation by TED-Ed.

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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1991

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  • @alexrottlaender3891
    @alexrottlaender3891 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17604

    she did what

    • @Bigjoebig
      @Bigjoebig 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2162

      ethan bradberry she was banged by the bull

    • @apinecone2753
      @apinecone2753 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1467

      She thicc tho

    • @zooer64
      @zooer64 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2033

      Your profile picture makes it so much funnier

    • @KittyPieVibes
      @KittyPieVibes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      ME

    • @emjay6602
      @emjay6602 6 ปีที่แล้ว +358

      She smack the bull

  • @eddie246
    @eddie246 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7946

    "She gave birth to the minotaur"
    Me: *eye twitch*

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      This update is insane.

    • @moonyekka
      @moonyekka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      Please tell me its horns didnt come in yet...

    • @spooked2104
      @spooked2104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Seriously i mean i didnt concieve a minotaur

    • @The-mcnuggit-man
      @The-mcnuggit-man 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@moonyekka baby bull horns would start growing when they are adults

    • @thyronejayclavel1287
      @thyronejayclavel1287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Furry is tolerable. But this...
      *I have enough of this.*

  • @leroyjenkins3744
    @leroyjenkins3744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5607

    Daedalus: *genius inventor*
    Also Daedalus: *doesn’t think to fly at night*

    • @darkvoid3153
      @darkvoid3153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +367

      It was timed if he went later of earlier he would have got caught

    • @v3spertilio
      @v3spertilio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +437

      the winds near the ocean at night are dangerous if you're not an albatross

    • @astronomical926
      @astronomical926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +244

      it wouldve been pretty dark right? no light pollution so it would be too difficult to see

    • @ZaxorVonSkyler
      @ZaxorVonSkyler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@astronomical926 Ever heard of stars?

    • @chisayomoda1321
      @chisayomoda1321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      XDDDDDDDDDDD

  • @blu2211
    @blu2211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5425

    This takes "the sun is a deadly laser" to a whole new level

    • @eattherainq
      @eattherainq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +275

      NoT aNyMoRe ThErE's A bLaNkEt

    • @NoxxSpace
      @NoxxSpace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Now the animals can go on land, come on animals let’s go on land.

    • @NoxxSpace
      @NoxxSpace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      “Nope can’t walk yet, and there’s no food so I don’t care”

    • @christopherbdeeskamp5323
      @christopherbdeeskamp5323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      100000 years later. ok Said some BuGs

    • @user-tp7ip8tf8t
      @user-tp7ip8tf8t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      BAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

  • @adamstockley9683
    @adamstockley9683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15484

    This takes “Red bull gives you wings” to a whole new level

  • @lilywei864
    @lilywei864 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10097

    feel pretty bad for the minotaur... its not like he asked to be born

    • @eliaseid6723
      @eliaseid6723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +459

      It was also known as the ancient version of Frankenstein's monster

    • @darlee02
      @darlee02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +367

      Cadet Grey so did emo teens but you don’t feel bad for them

    • @darlee02
      @darlee02 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lol

    • @vaultdweller123
      @vaultdweller123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      it was an abomination so they imprisoned it trapped on a maze.

    • @rosaurarivera3426
      @rosaurarivera3426 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Cadet Grey I wannagive him a hug

  • @Someguy1302
    @Someguy1302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1959

    The myth of Icarus and Daedaulus.
    Me: Yeah, yeah. We all know this story.
    Narrator: "So then Daedaulus helped fulfill the Queen's kink to f*ck a bull."
    Me: ... *hold up*

  • @itchyeyelids0_0
    @itchyeyelids0_0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3052

    No one:
    Hercales: *punches statue thinking its real*

    • @TheCapedArtist
      @TheCapedArtist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Ah yes, hercales
      Edit: oopsie

    • @kadorin7037
      @kadorin7037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Greek:
      Heracles
      Roman:
      Hercules

    • @zeyzeg
      @zeyzeg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      • magiccookiez • wait so y doesn’t everyone say Heracles?
      This is *greek* mythology is it not

    • @kadorin7037
      @kadorin7037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      A _BC
      I think because it’s easier to say, and the Hercules name has more attention. Heracles is his name as well, it’s like colour / color and grey / gray. Same meaning, different names. :)

    • @apples6116
      @apples6116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@zeyzeg Heracles is greek hercules is roman

  • @opdarkknight1857
    @opdarkknight1857 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3681

    She did what with that bull

    • @ajiroclovertail992
      @ajiroclovertail992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      opdarkknight 185 they made love that created minotaur

    • @MaximillianRobesphere
      @MaximillianRobesphere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      She wanted that bull, cause it was so hung. They did the bumping of the uglies.

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Banged

    • @skuglious
      @skuglious 5 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      She just enjoyed red bull

    • @tiffy2355
      @tiffy2355 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@skuglious 😂😂😂
      This killed me

  • @ryebread3039
    @ryebread3039 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8661

    The Greek gods really seemed to have a problem with human progress. They even punished that one guy for giving people fire.

    • @Illuminat3d
      @Illuminat3d 7 ปีที่แล้ว +526

      *Prometheus*- He was a Titan, not a guy

    • @smartcatcollarproject5699
      @smartcatcollarproject5699 7 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      religion and politics, divide to reign easier !

    • @an0nsaiko890
      @an0nsaiko890 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Rye they punished him because he took it without permission

    • @umadbro6524
      @umadbro6524 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Rye u mean Maui from that Moana movie, right?

    • @dantebrosia
      @dantebrosia 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      U MAD BRO? no... from Greek mythology

  • @pv0711
    @pv0711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +843

    Fun Fact: There is another version of the myth where Daedalus didn't kill his nephew. In this version, his nephew was actually his apprentice and they were both praised in Athens. However, Daedalus' nephew died falling off Acropolis, where he had gone with his uncle to work, by accident and Daedalus was devastated. The Athenians without knowing what actually happened blamed Daedalus for his nephew's death and thus they exiled him to Crete. So in this version, Daedalus is not only not malicious, but even more of a tragic figure since he experiences the death of his beloved apprentices twice in exchange of his skill and freedom. The more you know!

    • @princediop8190
      @princediop8190 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I like this version better.

    • @kilzack2634
      @kilzack2634 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I also remembered he was framed.
      No wonder something felt off.

    • @thenovicenovelist
      @thenovicenovelist 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​​@@kilzack2634Many myths have multiple different versions. I have heard 3 or 4 different versions of the Persephone myth and 3 different versions of how Thoth was created (although in one myth he was always around and laid a "cosmic egg" which created everything including...space time).

  • @KC-xg7gs
    @KC-xg7gs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1852

    I think my favorite part of this entire myth is how Daedalus just agreed to help the king's wife seduce the bull. No trying to talk her out of it or trying to convince the king to finally sacrifice the darn thing to appease the God he insulted: he just up and created a hollow wooden cow-puppet for her climb into to.

    • @shebopskie
      @shebopskie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      maybe it's a no-questions asked thing. either that or he thought of it as a challenge like "yea i bet i could do a super attractive wooden hollow cow-puppet for u, yea yea no judgement."

    • @needforspeedgaming7148
      @needforspeedgaming7148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      It was a challenge for him, and being the narcissist that he is , he couldn't resist it.

    • @darkvoid3153
      @darkvoid3153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      he was trapped as the queen threatened to execute him if he didnt help her

    • @Shayla.r
      @Shayla.r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I heard a version of a myth where she blackmailed him. If you don't, she would tell her husband that he made a move on her, and who's word would he believe? His wife or the inventor?

    • @coldblackice
      @coldblackice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's a story from the bible

  • @Roll587
    @Roll587 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2053

    Wait...the woman tricked the bull to have sex with her by hiding inside a hollow wooden cow?

  • @AGrayPhantom
    @AGrayPhantom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3373

    I knew most of this story, except for the part about the bull. Wow. Did NOT know that's where the minotaur came from.

    • @lavenderpierrot
      @lavenderpierrot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      AGrayPhantom SAAAAME

    • @smartcatcollarproject5699
      @smartcatcollarproject5699 7 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      I wonder why Poseidon put that spell on her...

    • @joshmccourt9798
      @joshmccourt9798 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Smart Cat Collar Project Because she was not only a witch but thought she was greater than the gods.

    • @kailey108
      @kailey108 7 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Smart Cat Collar Project How I heard it was because Minos didn't kill his prized bull (the same one his wife seduced) and sacrifice it to Poseidon.

    • @smartcatcollarproject5699
      @smartcatcollarproject5699 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Hello There Sounds fair... you don't play with Gods. At least he was warned ?
      Authority issues can be a pain.

  • @shantanuroy5974
    @shantanuroy5974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    Birds in Ancient Greece: “maybe I am a god”

    • @eclecticsoffy
      @eclecticsoffy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thanks for the laughter this brought upon me

  • @TheClownWhoDecievesTheWorld
    @TheClownWhoDecievesTheWorld 4 ปีที่แล้ว +872

    ''An inescapeable labyrinth "
    Percy Jackson : I 'm 'bout to end this man's whole carrer

    • @KennyBky92
      @KennyBky92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Rachel Elizabeth Dare: I'm about to end all these mens whole careers

    • @justdont3998
      @justdont3998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kratos : lol

    • @arch455
      @arch455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@justdont3998
      Isn't Kratos a Norse god?

    • @sesilliasandra2820
      @sesilliasandra2820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Do you ever read the story about "red thread of adriadne"?

    • @TheClownWhoDecievesTheWorld
      @TheClownWhoDecievesTheWorld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I will say it is talking About the books

  • @charleswong6523
    @charleswong6523 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2908

    That's why parachute is important son

    • @gwg123
      @gwg123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Charles Wong dam he wanted to glide all day n ended up being ded

    • @caseinnitrate5515
      @caseinnitrate5515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Charles Wong lol

    • @roboticeggs
      @roboticeggs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One more like and you get up to 200

    • @alcinaproductions9790
      @alcinaproductions9790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That was how the first parachute kids!

    • @alcinaproductions9790
      @alcinaproductions9790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's how the first parachute was born kids!!!!

  • @bliz4967
    @bliz4967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "She gave birth to a minotaur"
    *puts down phone and rethinks life decisions that led me here

    • @LEO-xo9cz
      @LEO-xo9cz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to fiction.

  • @michaelstage3175
    @michaelstage3175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    In the original telling of the myth by Ovid, the Latin actually refers to the fact that Daedalus wasn't really watching his son fly and wasn't even worried about him. He was watching the wings that Icarus was wearing and marveling at his own genius. (Also sidenote: In the Latin, it's hard to judge how old Icarus is. It's possible that he was as young as 7 or 8 when his dad entrusted him with this immense responsibility.)

  • @kanji7
    @kanji7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4861

    So the king's wife was the worlds first furry

    • @thelibrarian7193
      @thelibrarian7193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +298

      no. more to beasteality

    • @RoxOn413
      @RoxOn413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      Wtf no :v
      Furry = Someone who likes anthro animals, not specifically romantically
      Not a furry: SOMEONE WHO FUCKS A BULL, unless they also like anthros but you get it

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Beastislity got funky.

    • @slandermedic4724
      @slandermedic4724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So i started this war for nothing?WAT DA FRI-(ps-i hate furry’s)

    • @Mr22Ohyeah
      @Mr22Ohyeah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Damn dukking right broo! 😂😂😂

  • @myfunny6594
    @myfunny6594 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3987

    Daedalus warned icarus not to fly too high... but thats not all...
    He also warned him not to fly too low...

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      He wanted him to sit on his back.

    • @nirock2550
      @nirock2550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Fly in the middle

    • @jacopochiarello1168
      @jacopochiarello1168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Thanks prince ea

    • @fredventure
      @fredventure 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      So the video told us?

    • @pantino21
      @pantino21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fredventure Hahahahaha ahahahaha hahahhaha

  • @darxxcyxx
    @darxxcyxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    “You’ve married an Icarus. He has flown to close to the sun.”

    • @oneofthemgirls
      @oneofthemgirls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Angelica!

    • @uhhhyeah8455
      @uhhhyeah8455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You and your words obsessed with your legacy

    • @arnelarenas1833
      @arnelarenas1833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Why are there two identical comments just under each other made by different accounts?

    • @beatriz2364
      @beatriz2364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AAAAAAAAAAAAH

    • @beeg4270
      @beeg4270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@uhhhyeah8455 your sentences left me defenseless

  • @leolor9328
    @leolor9328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "Cursed to fall in love with the king bull"
    Me: Hmmm...?
    "She's gets into the bull costume"
    Me: Where is this going?...
    "She conceives a minotaur"
    Me: OH DEAR GOD GO BACK

    • @poulomi__hari
      @poulomi__hari 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂😂

  • @kaitlinhenry7924
    @kaitlinhenry7924 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1687

    Modern day greedy and jealous:
    I'm going to buy a bigger boat than my neighbor cuz I'm richer
    Greek greedy and jealous:
    M U R D E R M Y N E P H E W

    • @arathimenon6890
      @arathimenon6890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Much like the the folktales in Kerala about perunthachan, a highly skilled sculptor who killed his son out of jealousy

    • @adri5446
      @adri5446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m dead 💀 😂😭

  • @dina7448
    @dina7448 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2145

    "You've married an Icarus. He has flown to close to the sun."

    • @ginahtran1210
      @ginahtran1210 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Josh Dun was searching the comments for this

    • @emmielshof3442
      @emmielshof3442 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      looking for this :3

    • @voulezvampire
      @voulezvampire 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I was about to say that XD

    • @vanshikabhatnagar3739
      @vanshikabhatnagar3739 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      THANK YOU!

    • @sierralobo7163
      @sierralobo7163 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I was literally singing this as I watched the video. XD

  • @riri_998
    @riri_998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    This takes the word "cowgirl" to a whole 'nother level OMG 😂😂😂😂
    *F* to Icarus mah boiii

    • @harjasudaysingh1339
      @harjasudaysingh1339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh no😂😂hah lmfaooo

    • @_anthrax101_5
      @_anthrax101_5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Did you seriously just call a dead kid from ancient Greek mythology "mah boiii"?
      nice

    • @riri_998
      @riri_998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@_anthrax101_5 ...
      thx bro

    • @Yeti-yk8cj
      @Yeti-yk8cj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can thank posideon for that

    • @riri_998
      @riri_998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Yeti-yk8cj thx Poseidon, mah bro

  • @pisyanggg5473
    @pisyanggg5473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    This is how I wish online classes are. Cool animations and lasting impact on me. I remember more ted ed vids than a line from textbooks

  • @sodiumhydroxide2859
    @sodiumhydroxide2859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1276

    Icarus died with his eyes open, forever cursed to look at the sun.

    • @nevaaydogdu8665
      @nevaaydogdu8665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      I think that Icarus was in love with the sun(Apollo)

    • @kinhamid9665
      @kinhamid9665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Reminds me of the ending of The Lighthouse

    • @masquerading18
      @masquerading18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@nevaaydogdu8665 Quite a common theory- I've heard poems and songs made on it. I like to entertain the thought

    • @Skaberchlyn
      @Skaberchlyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kinhamid9665 The Lighthouse is more an allegory for the myth of Prometheus though, but yeah

    • @asueft
      @asueft 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No, he drowned and sunk to the bottom of the deep dark sea

  • @beatrizcruz2083
    @beatrizcruz2083 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2218

    SHE SAID 'YOU HAVE MARRIED AN ICARUS. HE'S FLOWN TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN'

    • @harinnii
      @harinnii 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      HaMilToN YAYAYYAYAYAYA

    • @dotcom-tn4mr
      @dotcom-tn4mr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      ME: i came as soon as i heard!
      ALL THE FROM PINTEREST!!
      DAANG!!!

    • @AnActualCrow
      @AnActualCrow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      NICE

    • @junkoenoshima8994
      @junkoenoshima8994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      AND I'D WATCH IT BURNNNNNNNNN(makes none human sounds)

    • @liezelromero1202
      @liezelromero1202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      WASSUP

  • @markwhalberg5383
    @markwhalberg5383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Daedelous: aye bruh don’t be flying so high g you gon melt
    Icarus: No ❤️

    • @Anonymous-ng7ji
      @Anonymous-ng7ji 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daedalus not Daedelous. You replaced A to e while you add U from O. Just correcting your words, I am not annoying you.

    • @thecamocampaindude5167
      @thecamocampaindude5167 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Watch yo jet

  • @Stage_Lol
    @Stage_Lol 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Icarus and his dad's story is very interesting to me, there's a lot of different versions, and they're all so interesting. There's also one where, as Icarus fell, he laughed. He felt like a god, and as he fell, he laughed. He didn't seem to care he was about to die, he just laughed.

  • @aleaf01
    @aleaf01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5102

    The story of iccarus isn't because of being godlike. It's a moral story about listening and not being egotistical

    • @ninjashuriken
      @ninjashuriken 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Al B Right

    • @claramoore9866
      @claramoore9866 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ou Mahajan zool.Zoooooo

    • @bababaaa7515
      @bababaaa7515 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      I think its both but okay

    • @Jkirek_
      @Jkirek_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      The story of Icarus may be, but the story of Daedalus most certainly isn't. If you've read (or translated) this specific part of the metamorphoses by Ovid, you'll notice that the story isn't about Icarus at all. The kid's death was merely a punishment for Daedalus.

    • @TheBagFumbler
      @TheBagFumbler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Aiko Takahashi lol he clearly did

  • @Nossody
    @Nossody 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1497

    top 10 anime deaths

  • @animeyahallo3887
    @animeyahallo3887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    2:18 The *Climax* of the story.

  • @whildhair83
    @whildhair83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "His eyes seemed stone-gazed as he flies on the wings of of a dream. Now he knows his father betrayed, his wings turn to ashes, to ashes his grave"
    Flight of Icarus- Iron Maiden

  • @ramonvalencia5719
    @ramonvalencia5719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    2:43 Minotaur: I didn't ask to be born!

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Mother of the minotaur explaining to the father:It’s just a phase dear.

  • @sosotik
    @sosotik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1502

    Deadulus: thinks of creative way to escape
    Icarus: *_lmao sun time_*
    Deadulus: _Am I a joke to you?_

    • @KitrakHsengiv
      @KitrakHsengiv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      He was Daedulus, now he's DEADulus inside

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am really convinced that he was just trying to have a sunburn but guess that didn't gone well

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KitrakHsengiv 😂😂lmao I really can't control my laughter

    • @YourLocalAnonAccount
      @YourLocalAnonAccount 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KitrakHsengiv dammit have my like-

    • @ahmedhegazy699
      @ahmedhegazy699 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahahaha 😂😂😂

  • @mathishopper5608
    @mathishopper5608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    "He watched helpless..."
    You could at least SAY SOMETHING!

    • @queenofrainbowzebras9775
      @queenofrainbowzebras9775 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He would be ignored if he did.

    • @amirrezashirmast3751
      @amirrezashirmast3751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Careful Icarus!

    • @tobiash5886
      @tobiash5886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      try imagining the speed at which they would have been flying. The wind and the sound of the sea would have drowned out any warning if Icarus had flown too far away...

    • @Ranio_
      @Ranio_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He want to have high ground

    • @emmavrijburg6676
      @emmavrijburg6676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Like what? "Lmao told ya so" ?💀

  • @avaleijten6527
    @avaleijten6527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Icarus actually fell in love with Apollo AKA the sun, so that’s why he flew towards the sun

    • @despinasgarden.4100
      @despinasgarden.4100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He could also have fall in love with Helios

    • @Star_faring
      @Star_faring 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That could happen in Greek mythology

    • @avaleijten6527
      @avaleijten6527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@despinasgarden.4100 According to legend it was Apollo

    • @nevaaydogdu8665
      @nevaaydogdu8665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Icarus was in love with Apollo
      Achilles loved Patroclus
      And i ship Hermes with Apollo
      But it is nearly impossible to find videos or stf about them.....
      (Sorry for my lack of english, i am from Turkey and i refuse to use translate...)

    • @joshuatartar2731
      @joshuatartar2731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nevaaydogdu8665 your English is really good

  • @kaniyaru117
    @kaniyaru117 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1111

    Daedalus buried Icarus on an island and named it Icaria in memory of his only child.

    • @Blorboy
      @Blorboy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Kani yaru Ayyy someone who seems to know Ovids version of the story.

    • @miamackenzie9946
      @miamackenzie9946 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ONLY child hmmmm?

    • @rootrotruination
      @rootrotruination 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I thought his body was never found but the sea in which he fell was called Icarian Sea.

    • @marklordreyes2945
      @marklordreyes2945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol hercules is the one who buried icarus

    • @tehreemkazmi7791
      @tehreemkazmi7791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      And icarly was in memory of this event

  • @elizabethgillen3660
    @elizabethgillen3660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    They say that the fall of icarus created such a big splash that an island erupted in the shape of a wing called Ikaria. I used to visit this small island every summer and it was an amazing place.

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah someone died there and you called it an amazing place

    • @elizabethgillen3660
      @elizabethgillen3660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@shivanshgarewal2833 people die everywhere, doesn't take away from the beauty of the island. Ikaria IS an amazing place. You should look at some pictures.

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@elizabethgillen3660 actually I meant that in a funny but I know you still get it Xd

    • @1nfernaldrak356
      @1nfernaldrak356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@shivanshgarewal2833 You tried

    • @shiibabiii1708
      @shiibabiii1708 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikaria island

  • @user-fp1go9fl7n
    @user-fp1go9fl7n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Among the many interesting and strange ancient mythologies that come from Greece, but this is one of the most interesting in my opinion. A man who strives to reach into godhood himself and his brash son who learned his lesson the hard way is such a good topic.Thanks for the video.

  • @StarBoundFables
    @StarBoundFables 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Wow, there's so much more to these stories than I had previously ever heard 😃 The part about Daedalus being banished to Crete + enabling the creation of the minotaur and how he flew WITH his son simultaneously. So cool! Thanks for sharing these wonderful videos with us all, Ted-Ed rocks! 🙏🏽

  • @gheart4349
    @gheart4349 6 ปีที่แล้ว +455

    We sure did not talk about the bull seduction part in English😂😂

  • @unknownhorse9123
    @unknownhorse9123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1086

    When you’re young you enjoy these stories, but as you get older you learn their meaning

    • @JorgeMendoza-qz4sn
      @JorgeMendoza-qz4sn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      im not old yet so idk what it means

    • @ishasharma9680
      @ishasharma9680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes .. im young but i can understand the meaning of this story ◇◇◇

    • @AmphiStuG
      @AmphiStuG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Yeah... the cow part really hits hard.

    • @The_BFG1
      @The_BFG1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@AmphiStuG LMAO

    • @midnightraven9
      @midnightraven9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah I learned the meaning last year the hard way

  • @thyronejayclavel1287
    @thyronejayclavel1287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Icarus: (Flew up the sky, avoiding his father’s warning.)
    Honor thy mother and father, for your days may be long.

    • @bettybrown9706
      @bettybrown9706 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perfect, just perfect.

    • @PixelWAVeStudios
      @PixelWAVeStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      When you use a Bible verse from the ten commandments to break down Greek Mythology.
      (I believe the reference [in case you want to know] is Exodus 20:12).

  • @keating6155
    @keating6155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It is so cool how so much of Greek myths fit together

  • @Titanic-wo6bq
    @Titanic-wo6bq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    1:08 imagine just going up to your statue to see that it's head got punched off by hercules.

  • @radicals-1326
    @radicals-1326 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    You gotta wonder the conversation Icarus had with his dad.
    "Icarus get the fuck down"
    "fuk u dad"
    "Icarus pls"

    • @samuelvine
      @samuelvine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Icarus: "fuk u dad"
      Daedalus: Fuking is what got us into this damned mess! Now get down here!

  • @Alexiety-
    @Alexiety- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    a lot of people see icarus's story as a cautionary one, one that warns you about being consumed by ego but i like to think of it more as a story of passion. here's a poem about it that i found
    I am Icarus
    Many people see my death as a tragedy
    That is very wrong
    In my opinion, they did not tell you when Apollo gave me wings
    They did not tell you I knew I would burn in flames
    I knew, you see I knew the agony I would face
    And as I fell, I knew I did it for the sun
    As hot burning wax slithered down my spine, as seductive kisses of agony peppered my skin and muscle
    I laughed
    I laughed as where I saw beauty others saw pain
    I loved it you see, it was addictive
    And even Dionysus would marvel at my insanity
    There is no beauty without pain
    And now as I wait for judgment in the land of Hades
    I ask myself, was it worth the fall for the sun?
    And I answer yes
    Yes it was

  • @aconfusedbat4666
    @aconfusedbat4666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is one of my favorite tales that i often tell the younger members of my family (That makes me sound old (I am 15BTW)) . I find that it has a lot of meanings in real life and has a lot of warnings to.

  • @mezzodsp121
    @mezzodsp121 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1079

    And couldn't they just have departed at night??

    • @ian3236
      @ian3236 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Think about it, there is a reason they didt go at night. It might be just a story but the greeks were intelligent people and their stories are equally intelligent. Can you guess?

    • @the3lusive
      @the3lusive 6 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      They might not be able to see in the dark

    • @juhyuned8439
      @juhyuned8439 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Common sense is waiting for you

    • @VibeKing799
      @VibeKing799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Dusk maybe?

    • @acertainpigeonman9064
      @acertainpigeonman9064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That isn’t the point of the story

  • @Heavy_Buddy
    @Heavy_Buddy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +738

    i swear to god if i see one more "YOU HAVE MARRIED AN ICARUS. HE'S FLOWN TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN" comment-

    • @hi-ot8kf
      @hi-ot8kf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      RelmC you have married an icarus hes flown too close to the sun

    • @honestlyidk2425
      @honestlyidk2425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      YOU'VE MARRIED AN ICARUS. AND HE'S FLOWN TO CLOSE TO THE SUN.......

    • @neolord1215
      @neolord1215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      YOU HAVE MARRIED AN ICARUS HE HAS FLOWN TO CLOSE TO THE SUN

    • @hopechr
      @hopechr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      YOU HAVE MARRIED PIT FROM KID ICARUS. HE cannot fly.

    • @gabrielc3040
      @gabrielc3040 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What’s that mean?

  • @namiswoon
    @namiswoon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the way pasiphae even named her son with the bull "minotaur" like his husband "minos" is insane 😭

  • @faizafatema4707
    @faizafatema4707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "The first to ever fly"
    Wright Brothers:Am I a joke to you?

    • @yelyharmony2047
      @yelyharmony2047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Even when this is mythology and therefore all fictional...Do you realize this myth is from thousands of years before the Wright brothers were even born?
      What kind of idiotic attempt of a joke was that?

    • @hemutitu1870
      @hemutitu1870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yelyharmony2047 ok alright, calm down 😂

  • @marvelfangirl3328
    @marvelfangirl3328 5 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    *"Man must rise above the Earth- to the top of the atmosphere and beyond- for only thus will he finally understand the world in which he lives."*
    -Socrates

    • @lembas.
      @lembas. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is likely a firmament and Earth is not a globe. Earth is a motionless plane.

    • @crazydiamondrequiem4236
      @crazydiamondrequiem4236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Lembas nah, the world is a time stopping punch ghost.

    • @KellyCalKelsey
      @KellyCalKelsey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@crazydiamondrequiem4236 the star that was made out of platinum would steal that ability

    • @franzsno7019
      @franzsno7019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Crazydiamond Requiem the hierophant stained green would suffer a fatal blow from that ability

    • @LordPoompaDoompa
      @LordPoompaDoompa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hehe rocket ship go brrr

  • @SomeGuy-lr7ms
    @SomeGuy-lr7ms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    2:33
    King: YOU SEE THIS ABOMINATION!? WTF WERE YOU THINKING

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Daedalus:I have a bull fetish.

    • @sorandomandquirky9425
      @sorandomandquirky9425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bull looks kinda juicy under the waist

    • @Tedisipi
      @Tedisipi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so random and quirky I know about your username but WTF.

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Her face also looks like " Wtf did I just done? "

  • @canihavefrieswiththat1824
    @canihavefrieswiththat1824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    “The kings wife, Pasiphae, had been cursed by the Greek god, Poseidon, to fall in love with a BULL”
    please even the narrator was like wth am I reading? 💀😭

    • @hellblueboy4
      @hellblueboy4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The story was like this:
      The king asked the god Poseidon what animal the god would like to be sacrificed, Poseidon then sent a beautiful white bull to be sacrificed.
      But the bull was so beautiful, it would be shame to kill it, so the king kept the bull and sacrificed another normal bull instead
      Poseidon then said "If you love that bull so much, how about I make your wife to fall in love with it!!".

    • @canihavefrieswiththat1824
      @canihavefrieswiththat1824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hellblueboy4 Istg Greek gods got absolutely NOOOO CHILL!

  • @magnusstephansen4442
    @magnusstephansen4442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Who else got this video recommended after Eternals?

  • @sagarg3350
    @sagarg3350 7 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    People take this story too literally, it is about not aiming to low in life (flying low, near water) so that a persons mindset does not become increasingly self-disappointed (wings dampening due to flying low), and at such a low state that they can not climb again (wings to heavy), but also not flying to high that when you fail you feel crushed (flying to high - wings melt) and putting you in the water (wings disintegrating = fall into water), the aim is to 'fly' through life at just the right 'height' so you may successfully make it too the other side.
    Just my 2 cents.

    • @ifrahilyas838
      @ifrahilyas838 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sagarg well said

    • @0.callmechester.031
      @0.callmechester.031 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well put

    • @dawzrd2458
      @dawzrd2458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      that's a complacent mindset

    • @veona599
      @veona599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's simply underrated.

    • @pustota7254
      @pustota7254 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh my greatness how can you make so many grammatical mistakes.
      *too

  • @jennifereske1216
    @jennifereske1216 7 ปีที่แล้ว +840

    🎵🎶Icarus is flyying too close to the sun

    • @AbhipshaSahuCoPrezIOFA
      @AbhipshaSahuCoPrezIOFA 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jennifer Eske I love that song!

    • @jennifereske1216
      @jennifereske1216 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Abhipsha Sahu YESSS me too! ♡

    • @waldzwolf6296
      @waldzwolf6296 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      _" The Sun is such a facist Bastard! "_ - a political correct Poet in ancient Greece

    • @tanishqvedak1862
      @tanishqvedak1862 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Waldzwölf it's spelled "facist" dimwit

    • @norseca542
      @norseca542 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      #Irony

  • @ArjanPaijers
    @ArjanPaijers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was thrilling! Great story, great message.

  • @Pikach428
    @Pikach428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Why didn’t they fly off at night time, so they can fly as high as they want

    • @EmmaThorne
      @EmmaThorne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      AYO HOLD UP U RIGHT

    • @Awsomememes
      @Awsomememes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably because it would be hard to see where you are going?

    • @Pikach428
      @Pikach428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Awsomememes I think they going straight, and daedulus is smart. He probably can remember every part of the map

    • @Pikach428
      @Pikach428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the moon is kinda bright in the sea

    • @mariannegonzales469
      @mariannegonzales469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      fcking makes sense

  • @ardillaspordoquier9
    @ardillaspordoquier9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Pacyphe: I want that bull to f me
    Minos: K

    • @youreallinsane
      @youreallinsane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      not minos, daedalus... minos was not ok with it

    • @robertkelly9772
      @robertkelly9772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If Pasiphae were living today, she'd probably be driving a Ford Taurus.

  • @sochyvonnnora6035
    @sochyvonnnora6035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    4:32 i thought there were ants on my screen

  • @bennyoc714
    @bennyoc714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3:30 just fly at night, now there's no sun and you have more leeway to fly a little farther from the ocean

  • @user-hl1ct3yh1r
    @user-hl1ct3yh1r ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    He finally understood why there’s clear boundaries in place. That is the nature of everything-a balance. Even the cross looks like a balance scale-divine order.

  • @supportdoggo8099
    @supportdoggo8099 5 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    *she did what*
    ●👄●

  • @spookyvintage13
    @spookyvintage13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    This got hella wild real fast HOW YOU GONNA MAKE UP FOR YOUR MAN'S SHORTCOMINGS THROUGH SCREWING A BULL

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Camey Conover 😂

    • @PaulGreen11
      @PaulGreen11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It happens Everyday.

    • @aacitix1872
      @aacitix1872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She was cursed by Poseidon and therefore powerless to stop her attraction to the bull

    • @interloper3138
      @interloper3138 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      'twas a simpler time

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bulls have bigger dicks.

  • @hbikokiechryz9036
    @hbikokiechryz9036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1. The author wants us to be content with what we have. To be smart and knowledgeable is not enough if we are not content with it.
    2. I learned that I should listen to my parents and their warnings because they want the best for us. Just like how Daedalus warned Icarus but when Icarus didn't listen something bad happened.
    3. I would recommend this work in my younger brother for he doesn't listen to anything my mother was telling him that's why he encountered many accidents at such a young age.

  • @foxglovefairy7296
    @foxglovefairy7296 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heard the story multiple times as i child, but really love this one as a model to show others.

  • @draftbkshen9088
    @draftbkshen9088 7 ปีที่แล้ว +463

    Why not fly in the midnight

    • @arielgaray302
      @arielgaray302 7 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      FirinMaLazaaar
      because she had no gun....?

    • @chr0min0id
      @chr0min0id 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It's cause there would be no thermals from the ocean to keep them up and they would fall from the cool air

    • @caseinnitrate5515
      @caseinnitrate5515 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      FirinMaLazaaar 😂

    • @adiostoreador9142
      @adiostoreador9142 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FirinMaLazaaar Yeah, but according to stories back then, moonlight was pretty bright. Bright enough for you to walk out at night, the only possible reasons they wouldn't have went out would be because it was constantly raining, snowing, or some other type of weather messing with the wings. Or because they would've been too tired to fly at night.

    • @acertainpigeonman9064
      @acertainpigeonman9064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cool Cat like he said, it’s only a Greece mythology

  • @ryacoli
    @ryacoli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +410

    *Banned for flying*

    • @sgm7650
      @sgm7650 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      HAHAHAHA HACKS

    • @lnard7794
      @lnard7794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Flying is not enabled in this server

    • @whiskeredwolf4861
      @whiskeredwolf4861 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zeus calls haxx

    • @idiotgoddess2114
      @idiotgoddess2114 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meanwhile in roblox...
      _Reason For Ban: Harassment_
      _Offensive Item:_ *Y E S*

    • @goestobed2832
      @goestobed2832 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      /Icarus gamemode s

  • @lianarose1384
    @lianarose1384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Please please do some videos on Indian mythology too! There are a plethora to pick from and it would be really helpful! And amazing to watch from Ted-Ed as usual!

  • @aninternetuser1978
    @aninternetuser1978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "She had been cursed to fall in love with the King's prized bull."
    OH NO I KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING GO BACK

  • @theangryteddy7941
    @theangryteddy7941 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    The rest of Daedalus’ story is actually really weird. He pushes his own nephew off a tower and a god turns his nephew into a bird. The bull was actually a gift from Posiden who wanted the king to sacrifice it to him, but the king kept it instead. And the Minotaur was eventually killed by a guy who got out of the labyrinth with a spool of string.

    • @dougstyles
      @dougstyles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Theseus slayed the beast👍

  • @sesshomaru123456789
    @sesshomaru123456789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears
    Looks the old man in the eye
    As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
    "In the name of God my father, I fly!"
    His eyes seem so glazed
    As he flies on the wings of a dream
    Now he knows his father betrayed
    Now his wings turn to ashes to ashes his grave
    Fly on your way like an eagle
    Fly as high as the sun
    On your way, like an eagle
    Fly, touch the sun

  • @dreamkaya641
    @dreamkaya641 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Daedalus: I am a genius inventor
    Also Daedalus: no night flights

  • @kalashrestha3251
    @kalashrestha3251 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou sooo much for uploading this video. God bless you

  • @oceanman_8370
    @oceanman_8370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Every time I hear this myth I imagine Icarus as pit from Kid Icarus

    • @hopechr
      @hopechr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *burns wings*
      this is why you clone yourself with the mirror of truth before flying for extended periods of time

    • @parkchimmin7913
      @parkchimmin7913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      [WUT] Hope LMAO

    • @Yee-lt7by
      @Yee-lt7by 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oceanman _ yeah me too

    • @phantochu3456
      @phantochu3456 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IKR!?!?!
      I DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ!!!
      *DIES*

    • @NikoNiki_KIZUNA
      @NikoNiki_KIZUNA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pit is beauty
      Pit is grace
      Pit never learns how to *READ*

  • @laurenbennett7674
    @laurenbennett7674 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1014

    Yikes.. the Percy Jackson books left the beastiality part out of the story...

  • @anc301
    @anc301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'd like to think that Icarus laughed as he fell. I mean, the view must have been amazing.

  • @pepitodapepe2656
    @pepitodapepe2656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6 year old kids:
    *Ayo is that an elytra?*

  • @jmelara324
    @jmelara324 6 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    I stand on the cliffs with my son next to me
    This island our prison, our home
    And everyday we look out at the sea
    This place is all he's ever known
    But I've got a plan and some wax and some string;
    some feathers I stole from the birds
    We leap from the cliff and we hear the wind
    sing a song that's too perfect for words
    But son, please keep a steady wing
    And know your the only one that means anything to me
    Steer clear of the sun, or you'll find yourself in the sea
    Now safely away, I let out a cry
    "We'll make the mainland by noon"
    But Icarus climbs higher still in the sky
    Maybe I've spoken too soon
    Oh son, please keep a steady wing
    And know your the only one that means anything to me
    Steer clear of the sun, or you'll find yourself in the sea
    Won't you look at your wings
    They're coming undone
    They're splitting at the seams
    Steer clear of the sun, for once won't you listen to me?
    O, Gods!
    Why is this happening to me?
    All I wanted was a new life for my son to grow up free
    And now you took the only thing that meant anything to me
    I will never fly again, I will hang up my wings
    O, Gods!
    Why is this happening to me?
    All I wanted was a new life for my son to grow up free
    And now you took the only thing that meant anything to me
    I will never fly again, I will hang up my wings!
    O, Gods!

    • @jannatkl91
      @jannatkl91 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Did you write this?

    • @jmelara324
      @jmelara324 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Jannat Ferdous Although I wish I did, I cannot say that I did. It’s written by the lyrical genius who is Dustin Kensrue and performed by his band named Thrice. Daedalus by Thrice from The Alchemy Index Vol. III

    • @jannatkl91
      @jannatkl91 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +J M (Josh Em All!) nice, thanks! will check it out

    • @gekegeko5946
      @gekegeko5946 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jesus..I-I mean Zeus

    • @caseinnitrate5515
      @caseinnitrate5515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Damn that’s a good read

  • @l.tc.5032
    @l.tc.5032 7 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    Honestly can you really blame Icarus if I was flying I'd want to go higher.

    • @rfkwouldvebeenaok1008
      @rfkwouldvebeenaok1008 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Why? You are literally flying. Why does the hight matter?

    • @AnteP-dx4my
      @AnteP-dx4my 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RFK would've been A ok more adrenalin
      More guud feels

    • @BlightfulProductions
      @BlightfulProductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RFK would've been A ok well lets see.. Oxygen levels decrease and the fact that said wings are being held by wax which will melt sooner if you stay higher to the sun..

    • @imanultrastarwarrior801
      @imanultrastarwarrior801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Weed seems better than flying at this point, you get high and fall painlessly

    • @ashrafliton2488
      @ashrafliton2488 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hhh

  • @sophiabeizaee6425
    @sophiabeizaee6425 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Who's here after watching Eternals?

  • @cutelilly1000vedios
    @cutelilly1000vedios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I find it interesting how similar icarus and lucifers story are. Icarus wanted to fly but flew to high (challenged the gods) causing him to fall. Lucifer wanted to be equal to god (challenging god) causing him to fall as well. Considering the romans took over Greece I wouldn’t be surprised if throughout time Icarus’s story or Lucifiers story got mixed up through time

  • @ShankarSivarajan
    @ShankarSivarajan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My Material Science professor told us this story as a parable about the limitations of wax as a building material.

  • @sarahh9903
    @sarahh9903 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I love the narrator's voice. When I read my text books for my college courses I use his voice in my mind the read the text. It makes the concepts easier to understand :) I'm not sure why but it works!
    I love this channel and love watch it grow!!!

  • @dark_castor1642
    @dark_castor1642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Girl in cow costume: breaths
    Bull: hey bb how u doin?

  • @manjugupta4333
    @manjugupta4333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you sir for such a nice explanation..understood everything very clearly..thank you so much sie

  • @georgefrangoudes5951
    @georgefrangoudes5951 7 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    For any Tolkien fans out there I just had a little epiphany about Gandalf. When he was imprisoned on top of the tower of Orthanc he escaped with the help of the eagles. Does anyone else think this is symbolic of Gandalf's angelic characteristics or is this just a coincidence. My thoughts are that maybe Tolkien got inspiration from the story of Icarus and Daedalus.

    • @FinaleCadence
      @FinaleCadence 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      George Frangoudes I think it might be a coincidence. Gandolf didn't distort the world around him (build fake wake wings) he merely called upon the Eagles for help. I think it says a great deal that the eagles were willing to help Gandolf, as opposed to Gandolf taking their feathers to make wings.

    • @matthewhecht9257
      @matthewhecht9257 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know Tolkien was mostly inspired by Anglo-Saxon stories, and part of Lord of The Rings was to show that their elements were not inferior to the Greek stories.

    • @snowwonder9814
      @snowwonder9814 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Maybe... but Tolkien was big fan of other mythologies, so maybe not. Gandalf's appearance and his wandering for instance were in part inspired by depictions of Odin, from Norse myth, and his name comes from Norse myth too. ;) Gandalf is literally an angel in Middle Earth though so that's right on point.

    • @ian3236
      @ian3236 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Rohirrim too were inspired by the vikings. Look at their helmets and weapons. Plus the speeches given by the king was very much like going to Valhalla with death as the main source of motivation,

  • @lpskitten9339
    @lpskitten9339 6 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    "You have married an icarus. He has flown to close to the sun."

  • @kevin-pu2lx
    @kevin-pu2lx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Who else came here after watching Eternals

  • @pepper_goes9892
    @pepper_goes9892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Boy with wings: *flys higher
    Sun: Ima end this boi

  • @beastmaster0934
    @beastmaster0934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    3:13
    Bats: are we a joke to you?

    • @nanigopalsaha2408
      @nanigopalsaha2408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Insects too

    • @stephaneollui1736
      @stephaneollui1736 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really!?!?!?😡😡

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also if Daedalus have some more IQ he should have choosen to fly at night that would have saved his son

    • @lizliz8786
      @lizliz8786 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shivanshgarewal2833 bruh, fire was a luxury, how tf You expect them to escape at night ?

    • @shivanshgarewal2833
      @shivanshgarewal2833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lizliz8786 under moonlight, you can still see at night with moonlight right?

  • @belindamaccarthy
    @belindamaccarthy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    4:32 I thought that was a bug crawling on my screen

  • @jeddar8067
    @jeddar8067 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The island near the place icarus died is named “Ikaria” (Ικαρία) and the sea where he fell is named ikario pelagos (sea of icarus) in modern Greece as well:))

  • @adeleaslan8182
    @adeleaslan8182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “ you have married an Icarus, he has flown too close to the sun”
    I couldn’t stop it, I’m sorry