This article is about the mythological character. For other uses see Daedalus and List of things named Daedalus , 1799 (Musée desBeaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Alençon)]] In Greek mythology, Daedalus (Latin, also Hellenized Latin Daedalos, Greek Daidalos (????????) meaning "cunning worker", and Etruscan Taitle) was a most skillful artificer, so skillful that he was said to have invented images. Daedalus had two sons: Icarus and Iapyx. He is first mentioned by Homer as the creator of a wide dancing-ground for Ariadne Iliad xviii.591. Homer refers to Ariadne by her Cretan title, the "Lady of the Labyrinth" Iliad xviii.96. The Labyrinth on Crete in which the Minotaur was kept was also created by the artificer Daedalus. The story of the labyrinth is told where Theseus is challenged to kill the Minotaur, finding his way with the help

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