Mythology
Furthermore, for romantic-minded individuals with a sufficient amount of fantasy I add three more notions:
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The Concept of the Daimon [English - PDF format 0.5 MB] (see page nr. 11 in the text):
British Museum Loan 36 [or Claromontanus 82] (a) is a later manuscript dated to April 2, 1541, which is an apograph of Parisinus gr. 450. It was copied by a scribe named Georgios Kokolos (ibid., AC, p.6).
- Aristophanes and the Greek Theatre [English]:
For each successive year after this, Aristophanes produced a play. Some of the other works he has written is Knights, Clouds, Wasps, Peace, Birds, Lysistrata, Women at the Thesmophoria, Frogs, Women at the Ecclesia, and Wealth. Shortly after the production of Wealth in 388 BC, he died leaving two plays (which are now lost), Aiolosikon and Kokolos, for his son to stage in 387 BC.
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Why Crete? [English]
Unfortunately, Icarus, impressed by the height and speed, went too high, close to the sun, thus burning his wings and drowned into the Icarian Sea. According to another aspect, Pasiphae gave a boat to Daedalus to help him escape from Crete. The boat was so fast that the sails looked like wings, so it was believed that Daedalus and Icarus had flown, but Icarus fell in the sea and drowned and the island, where he was burried, was name Icaria. According to another myth, Minos irritated by Daedalus' flee, started to look for him asking people wrap a snail in a thread, something he knew only Daedalus could do. Travelling around, he went to Cicely, at the palace of King Kokalus where Daedalus had sought refuge. The King accepted to pass the thread through the snail and gave it to Daedalus who made a small hole in the snail and put in an ant tied to the thread. The ant came out the other side of the snail, thus proving to Minos that Daedalus was there. The Cretan King demanded from Daedalus to surrender, but the daughters of King Kokalus killed him by putting very hot water in his bath, thus ending the adventures of Daedalus.
- Knossos [German]:
Aus Rache über die Hilfe des Dädalos ließ Minos diesen und seinen Sohn Ikaros ins Verließ werfen. Hier geht die Geschichte weiter, wie wir sie alle kennen. Dädalos baut die Flügel aus Wachs für sich und seinen Sohn. Berauscht von der Höhe fliegt Ikaros zu hoch, die Flügel schmelzen und der Jüngling stürzt bei einer Insel ins Meer. Seither heißt diese Insel Ikaria. Dädalos flog weiter nach Sizilien, (Warum hat er seinem Sohn nicht helfen wollen?), zu König Kokolos. Weil er aber so rachsüchtig war, gab Minos nicht auf nach Dädalos zu suchen. Schließlich fand er ihn auch auf Sizilien. Die Töchter des Kokolos wollten verhindern, daß Minos den Dädalos fing und verbrühten Minos im Bade. Hier fand er sein schmerzliches Ende.