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10-02-2010, 09:36 PM   #51

Re: Quiz - Feb 10 2010


Q4 - Which mythological figure flew so close to the sun that the wax on his wings began to melt?



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10-02-2010, 09:37 PM   #52

Re: Quiz - Feb 10 2010


Icarus .........



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10-02-2010, 09:37 PM   #53

Re: Quiz - Feb 10 2010


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Angie, about streaking, did they want you to do it?
No just to find out what I thought. I think I said it was OK but I'd not want to do it myself! There's nothing wrong with the naked form - I've been drawing them for years.



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10-02-2010, 09:37 PM   #54

Re: Quiz - Feb 10 2010


Yup Icarus and his dad too, but I can't remember his name.

Don't think his dad got his wings burned though .....................



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10-02-2010, 09:39 PM   #55

Re: Quiz - Feb 10 2010


Yes in desperation i will piggyback and say Icarus



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10-02-2010, 09:39 PM   #56

Re: Quiz - Feb 10 2010


Dad was Daedalus ........



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10-02-2010, 09:40 PM   #57

Re: Quiz - Feb 10 2010


Thanks Eileen ................ tip of the tongue!



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10-02-2010, 09:41 PM   #58

Re: Quiz - Feb 10 2010


Icarus is correct

Daedalus decided that he and his son Icarus had to leave Crete and get away from Minos, before he brought them harm. However, Minos controlled the sea around Crete and there was no route of escape there. Daedalus realized that the only way out was by air. To escape, Daedalus built wings for himself and Icarus, fashioned with feathers held together with wax. Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, as it would melt his wings, and not too close to the sea, as it would dampen them and make it hard to fly.

They successfully flew from Crete, but Icarus grew exhilarated by the thrill of flying and began getting careless. Flying too close to the sun god Helios, the wax holding together his wings melted from the heat and he fell to his death, drowning in the sea. The Icarian Sea, where he fell, was named after him



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10-02-2010, 09:42 PM   #59

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Ha, something new; didn't know about the Icarian sea!



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10-02-2010, 09:42 PM   #60

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Next Q

Where on the body is the human skin least sensitive?



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