To punish Daedelus for having helped Theseus, Minos closed Daedelus and his son Icarus in the Labyrinth. To flee, Daedelus made some wings of wax and feathers and with his son Icarus, they flew away. Daedelus warned his son to not fly to high, but when they were far away from Crete, Icarus became too excited and rose too high in the air and the heat of the sun melted the wax which held together the wings and he fell into the sea and died.
