Icarus the wax in his wings melted he tumbled out of the sky and fell into the sea where he drowned, sparking the idiom ""don't fly too close to the sun"". This tragic theme of failure at the hands of hubris contains similarities to that of Phaëthon. Icarus' father Daedalus, a very talented and remarkable Athenian craftsman, built the Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete near his palace at Knossos to imprison the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull monster born of his wife and the Cretan bull. Minos imprisoned Daedalus himself in the labyrinth because he gave Minos's daughter, Ariadne, a clew
Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees was the first film on the Internet. "Wax" is the first independent feature film by American filmmaker and artist David Blair. Released in 1991, "Wax" was a cult hit, playing cinemas in 26 U.S. cities and had additional theatrical play in Japan and Australia. "Wax" was a co-production with ZDF, German Television, and opened theatrically to rave reviews at the Public Theater in New York. "Wax" was included in a number of 10 Best Film lists that year. As the first film