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What is Icarus famous for in Greek mythology?

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Flying too close to the sun

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Icarus famously flew too close to the sun with wings made by his father Daedalus, causing the wax to melt and him to fall into the sea.

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Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts ↗Encyclopaedia Britannica — World Religions ↗

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