Winged Male Figure Daidalos or Ikaros (?)

5th century BCE (Classical)

3.5 cm 3.2 cm 0.9 cm

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In an attempt to flee the island of Crete, the legendary inventor Daedalus fashioned wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son, Icarus. Disobeying the orders of his father, Icarus flew too close to the sun, which melted the wax, and he fell into the sea and drowned nea...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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