741540 Daedalus, escaping from Crete with his son, Icarus, sees him falling to his death, 1493 (woodcut engraving) by German School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: According to Greek legend, in order to escape from Crete, Daedalus made wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son, but Icarus flew too near the Sun and his wings melted and he fell to his death; illustration from a popular treatise on Roman Law "Spiegel der wahren Rhetorik" by Friedrich Riederer, published in Freiburg in 1493. D矇dale et Icare.); German, out of copyright.