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What does Icarus mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the labyrinth of Knossos in Crete by flying with wings made by his father from feathers attached with wax. His journey took an unfortunate turn when, not following his father's advice, he flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax which connected the feathers of the wings, making him fall and drown in the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Sea was formerly known as the Icarian Sea. The island of Icaria was also named after him.
Name
  1. A male given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) A legendary figure.
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With his sons he built Icarus, a sailing hydrofoil, which held the B class world sailing speed record.
Lifar's retelling of the Icarus myth is essentially a solo danced against the choral movement of a group.
For Icarus is one of those Greek heroes who has got a bad press over the past 2,500 years.
Let me make it clear at the outset that I have no intention of playing Icarus, since that is one of the allusions that have just been made.
One of the best known of the Greek mythologies is the tale of Icarus.
In fact, the only way to get Papa to stop was to stand directly in his path and wave your arms up and down like Icarus diving off the cliff.

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