leo valentin flew too close to the sun and melted his wings.
leo valentin flew too close to the sun and melted his wings.
who flew too close to the sun and melted his wings?
leo valentin
the storyteller tells the story of daedalus and icarus. daedalus was a skillful architect, inventor, and master craftsman. daedalus lived with his son icarus. daedalus was embarrassed and frustrated by his clumsy son and took on his nephew talos as an apprentice. talos displayed a skill and intellect that rivaled daedalus's intellect. daedalus was upset that talos was everything his son was not and fearing that the boy would surpass his talent, murdered the boy by tossing him from the roof. the vulture speaks to daedalus, confronting him about his feelings towards talos and pushing daedalus to murder the boy. daedalus and icarus fled to the island of crete, where he found himself in the court of king minos. there he constructed the labyrinth to contain the monstrous minotaur. minos cast daedalus and icarus into the labyrinth. daedalus managed to get out of the labyrinth for after all, he had built it. the vulture reappears calling daedalus a murderer for killing talos. full of rage and guilt, daedalus kills the vulture. daedalus decided that he and his son had to flee crete and get away from minos. 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 the vulture's feathers held together with beeswax. 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 the sea spray would dampen them and weigh him down). they successfully flew from crete, but icarus soon flew too close to the sun. the wax holding the feathers melted and he fell to his death, drowning in the sea (which the icarian sea was named after). daedalus lamented his dead son and blaming himself for the tragedy. soon daedalus found himself in the court of king cocalus. there he continued his craft and skills of inventing and building. but soon king minos, in pursuit of daedalus, came to the court. minos offered a reward to whoever could lead a thread through a spiral seashell. king cocalus' daughters knew that daedalus' talents could solve the puzzle, and gave the shell to him. daedalus tied the string to an ant and using honey as a reward made the ant to walk through the spiral chambers until it came out the other end. when minos saw that someone had solved the puzzle, he demanded that king cocalus surrender daedalus. daedalus quickly persuaded king minos to relax and take a bath before taking him away to be killed. king minos agreed and was consequently murdered by daedalus who used his knowledge of the plumbing system to fill minos' bath with boiling water.
the storyteller (tv series)
section::::electrical arcing.









































investigators distinguish between electrical arcing and copper that melted due to the high temperatures of the fire. the term "electrical arcing", in fire investigation, often refers to "melted copper that indicates that electrical arcing occurred". "melted copper" generally refers not to copper that is currently melted, but to "previously melted, resolidified copper". nfpa 921 and "kirk's fire investigation" give some guidelines and illustrations on distinguishing between electrical arcing and other melted copper; however, these strict guidelines occasion much debate.
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