Question

In Ovid's "The Story of Daedalus and Icarus," why do Icarus's wings fall off?

Answer 1

he disobeyed his father and flew to close to the sun therefor his wax melted and his wings detached

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Answer 2

Icarus, Daedalus's son did not obey his father's warning of not flying too close to the sun. He flew too close and the sun's heat melted the wax holding the feathers to the wing causing the feathers to fall off.