Daedalus and Icarus. Engraving by A.G.L. Desnoyers after C.P. Landon.

Daedalus pushes his nephew Perdix off the top of a tower: as he falls, Perdix is transformed by Minerva into a partridge. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.

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Daedalus (Greek mythological character)

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Daedalus pushes his nephew Perdix off the top of a tower: as he falls, Perdix is transformed by Minerva into a partridge. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.

Daedalus and Icarus. Engraving by A.G.L. Desnoyers after C.P. Landon.