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daedal

 (n): (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
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6 months ago chained_bear said:

"He led Stephen through a daedal of passages and stables to a courtyard..."
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 169

about 1 year ago thigpensrevenge said:

daedalus -- the cunning one -- built labyrinth at crete to confine minotaur; built wing of wax to escape labyrinth for he and icarus

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