Icarus
Flew too high
Icarus is a figure from Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun on wings made of feathers and wax.
When the wax melted, he fell into the sea and drowned.
The name now evokes reckless ambition or overreaching that leads to downfall: His expansion plans proved Icarian—spectacular until the crash.
Ascend to heights
- wingsLimbs for flight
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- ascendMove upward
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
sky · feathers · wax · sun · plummet · fall · aeronautics · lift
Intricate passage network
- CreteLargest Greek island
- MinotaurBull-man of Greek myth
- AegeanEastern Mediterranean sea
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
Greek · Theseus · Ariadne · feathers · sun · sea · father-son · escape
Exceed one's capacity
- downfallSudden loss of power
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
warning · folly · arrogance · defiance · excess · audacity · imprudence · heedlessness
Excessive drive for achievement
- father-sonMale lineage pair
- mortalityState of eventual death
- limitsImposed maximum points
- boundariesLines marking separation
aspiration · dream · failure · risk · daring · innovation · art · poetry
soar
Ascend to heights
altitude · sky · feathers · wax · sun · plummet · fall · aeronautics · lift · updraft
labyrinth
Intricate passage network
hubris · Greek · Theseus · Ariadne · feathers · sun · sea · father-son · escape · imprisonment
overreach
Exceed one's capacity
recklessness · warning · folly · arrogance · defiance · excess · audacity · imprudence · heedlessness · transgression
overambition
Excessive drive for achievement
- father-sonMale lineage pair
- mortalityState of eventual death
- limitsImposed maximum points
boundaries · aspiration · dream · failure · risk · daring · innovation · art · poetry · Renaissance
plummet
Rapid downward descent
spiral · nosedive · drop · tragedy · demise · catastrophe · drowning · Aegean · failure · collapse
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- Classical YouthCupid, Eros, Telemachus, Orestes, Iphigenia
- OvidMetamorphoses, Ovid, Daphne, Narcissus, Arachne
- Classical MythologyZeus, Apollo, Venus, Athena, Aphrodite
- Greek & RomanAchilles heel, Trojan horse, Pandora's box, Midas touch, Odyssey
- Mythological WordsAchilles heel, Adonis, aegis, ambrosia, Apollo
IcarusDaedalus
Legendary craftsman and inventor
Job · Prometheus · Sisyphus · Epimetheus
- fall of IcarusMythic aerial descent
- Kid Icarus