English example sentences with "Daedalus"

Daedalus was an engineer who was imprisoned by King Minos. With his son, Icarus, he made wings of wax and feathers.

The Minotaur was a monster shaped half like a man and half like a bull, confined in the labyrinth built by Daedalus for Minos, and given a periodic tribute of youths and maidens as food until killed by Theseus.