Monday, July 2, 2007

Quick trivia question

Who was the mother of Icarus?

2 comments:

The Sublibrarian said...

I cheated and used Google, but even with Google it wasn't quite straightforward.

Very interesting question, though. What got you thinking about it?

Joannie Stangeland said...

I'd read something (possibly or probably a poem) that described the painting by Bosch and Icarus falling while people and livestock stood by, not really looking--and I thought about Daedelus and his great plans and it just made me wonder what that son's mother would think of such high-flying schemes. I thought it might make a good poem.