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/ˈɪˌkɝəs/
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NOUN
- (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned
How To Use Icarus In A Sentence
- Indeed, Icarus had been discovered by astronomer Walter Baade during an equally close approach in 1949.
- There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
- Lifar's retelling of the Icarus myth is essentially a solo danced against the choral movement of a group.
- The memorial features a striking bronze winged figure of Daedalus, the ingenious craftsman of Greek legend who created wings to escape King Minos of Crete, but whose son Icarus died when he flew to close to the sun.
- Indeed, Icarus had been discovered by astronomer Walter Baade during an equally close approach in 1949.
- Abilities: Icarus is a skilled guitar player and a talented singer. Marvel Thursday Thirteen - SciFiChick.com
- There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
- Icarus, Minos, Pasiphae, Theseus and Ariadne had taken the place of Red Ridinghood and Cinderella in her infant mind. THE QUEST FOR K
- Gabby Deeds Kendra Lee Oberhauser, a fast talking, narcissistic, and extremely manipulative hedge fund manager at Icarus Wealth Management Group who has clawed her way up the corporate ladder by becoming a back-stabbing bitch. George Heymont: Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
- YouTube, that incandescent tower of video Babel; monument to the sloughed-off detritus of our exponentially-exploding digital culture; a Technicolor cataract of skateboarding dogs, lip-synching college students, political punditry, and porn; has reached the zenith of its meteoric rise; and Icarus-like, wings melting; is spiraling back to earth. P2pnet World Headlines – April 9, 2009