It is a story that is often attributed to the Roman poet Ovid in his magnum opus Metamorphoses. He looked down at the ocean and noticed a small cluster of feathers floating in it. The story of Daedalus and Icarus is a popular myth that recounts the escape from Crete by the crafty inventor Daedalus and his son Icarus. In flight, Daedalus looked around but couldn't find his son. He soared higher in the sky, drunk with his newfound power, ignoring his father's warning. Icarus, like many adolescents, progressed quickly from ungainliness to false prowess. He found flight challenging at first, but he quickly learned and soon flew with the characteristics of adolescence-his physical strength compensated for his lack of coordination and balance. Icarus is a 2017 American documentary film by Bryan Fogel.It chronicles Fogels exploration of the option of doping to win an amateur cycling race and happening upon a major international doping scandal when he asks for the help of Grigory Rodchenkov, the head of the Russian anti-doping laboratory. Icarus, like any adolescent boy, struggled with parental advice. Icarus took off, fully intending to heed his father's wise counsel. If he flew too low, his wings would get wet in the ocean if he flew too high, the sun would melt the wax, causing the wings to disintegrate. Daedalus warned his son to be cautious just before their flight. The wings, in theory, would allow Daedalus and Icarus to fly above the labyrinth, away from the island to freedom. Daedalus, the inventor, even built wings of feathers and wax to escape. Icarus suffered the same fate as his father's son.

Daedalus fell out of favor with the king of Crete and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life inside the labyrinth. Even Daedalus couldn't find his way out of his labyrinth. He was the son of Daedalus, an accomplished inventor who built an ingenious labyrinth for Minos, King of Crete, on the island of Cnossus. Icarus was a minor figure in Greek mythology who was famous for failing to make the transition from boyhood to manhood.

Icarus the story