Stephen Dedalus Stephen Dedalus Stephen Dedalus is James Joyce's literary alter ego, appearing as the protagonist and antihero of his first, semi-autobiographical novel of artistic existence "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and an important character in Joyce's "Ulysses". In "Stephen Hero", an early version of what became "Portrait", Stephen's surname is spelled "Daedalus" in more precise allusion to Daedalus, the architect in Greek myth who was contracted by King Minos to build the Labyrinth in which he would imprison his wife's son the Minotaur. Buck Mulligan makes reference to the mythological namesake in "Ulysses", telling Stephen, "Your absurd
Daedalus Howell Daedalus Howell Daedalus Howell (born July 19, 1972 in Sonoma County, California), is an American writer, journalist, filmmaker, actor and conceptual artist who lives and works in Petaluma, California. He wrote the novel "Quantum Deadline" and the essay collection "I Heart Sonoma: How to Live and Drink in Wine Country". He hosts the podcast "Daedalus Howell: Night School of the Mind" and The Morning Show on KSVY 91.3 FM, Sonoma. He is writer-director of the feature film "Pill Head." Howell is author of the novel "Quantum Deadline," part one of the "Lumaville Labyrinth" series. He also wrote the novel "The