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What does Icarus mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the labyrinth of Knossos in Crete by flying with wings made by his father from feathers attached with wax. His journey took an unfortunate turn when, not following his father's advice, he flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax which connected the feathers of the wings, making him fall and drown in the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Sea was formerly known as the Icarian Sea. The island of Icaria was also named after him.
Name
  1. A male given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) A legendary figure.
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But like the Icarus of her poems, Sor Juana ended up flying too close to the sun.
One of the best known of the Greek mythologies is the tale of Icarus.
Lifar's retelling of the Icarus myth is essentially a solo danced against the choral movement of a group.
This work is detailed in a paper accepted for publication by the international journal Icarus.
Composing Icarus involved a detailed dialogue between Glass and Greene about how physics might become manifest in the music.
In Greek mythology, Icarus was a young lad being held in prison with his father by an evil King.

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