Editing Daedalus (section)

==Family==
Daedalus's parentage was supplied as a later addition, with various authors attributing different parents to him. His father is claimed to be either [[Eupalamus]],<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 39, 244 & 274; [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] on [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 6.14; [[Suda|Suida]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/240#pi.1042 Πέρδικος ἱερόν];'' Scholiast on Plato, ''[[Republic (Plato)|Republic]]'' 7.529d</ref> [[Metion]],<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.76.1; [[Plato]], ''[[Ion (dialogue)|Ion]]'' 533a; Scholia on [[Sophocles]], ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]'' 472</ref> or [[Palamaon]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.3.2</ref> Similarly, his mother was either [[Alcippe (Greek mythology)|Alcippe]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.15.9; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' 1.490; Scholiast on Plato, ''Ion'' 121a</ref> [[Iphinoe (mythology)|Iphinoe]],<ref>Scholia on Sophocles, ''Oedipus at Colonus'' 468 & 472</ref> [[Phrasmede]]<ref>Scholia on [[Plato]], ''[[Republic (dialogue)|The Republic]]'' p. 529</ref> or [[Merope (Greek myth)|Merope]], daughter of King [[Erechtheus]].<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' 19.5</ref> Daedalus had two sons: [[Icarus]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses, Book 8, line 183|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+8.183-235&fromdoc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> and [[Iapyx]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Strabo, Geography, Book 6, chapter 3, section 2|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+6.3.2&fromdoc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0198|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> along with a nephew named either [[Talos (inventor)|Talos]], Calos, or [[Perdix (mythology)|Perdix]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Apollodorus, Library, book 3, chapter 15, section 8|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.%203.15.8&lang=original|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>

The [[Athens|Athenians]] rewrote the [[Crete|Cretan]]-born Daedalus as an Athenian himself, the grandson of the ancient king [[Erechtheus]]<ref>The son of Eupalamus, according to [[Fabulae|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 39 "ATHENA MYTHS 5 FAVOUR - Greek Mythology". ''www.theoi.com''. Retrieved 2021-06-07.</ref> who only fled to Crete after killing his nephew.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Apollodorus, Library, book 3, chapter 15, section 8|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.%203.15.8&lang=original|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>