Editing Daedalus (section)

=== Death ===
At least two locations are associated with the death of Daedalus. One version of the story says he retired to the Cretan colony of [[Telmessos]], ruled by Minos's estranged brother Sarpedon, and while wandering outside the city, he was bitten by a snake and died. A town on this site, Daidala, is said to be named after him, and is mentioned in Roman sources.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The mythical genius of Daidalos, the first polymath |url=https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/daidalos-daedalus-who-first-polymath-minotaur-labyrinth-icarus/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=History Extra |language=en}}</ref> Another version of the story places his death on a small island in the [[Nile|Nile river]], where he was later worshipped.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daedalus in Sicily, King Minos' death |url=https://www.explorecrete.com/mythology/daedalus-sicily.html |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=www.explorecrete.com|date=13 November 2014 }}</ref> Yet another version has him dying after being bitten by a water snake in [[Lycia]] (western [[Asia Minor]]).<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]] s.v. [https://topostext.org/work/241#D216.8 Daidala]</ref><ref>[[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith]] 1873, s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DD%3Aentry+group%3D1%3Aentry%3Ddaedalus-bio-1 "Daedalus"]</ref>

The anecdotes are literary and late. However, in the founding tales of the Greek colony of [[Gela]], founded in the 680s BC on the southwest coast of Sicily, a tradition was preserved that the Greeks had seized [[cult image]]s wrought by Daedalus from their local predecessors, the [[Sicani]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 8.46.2 & 9.40.3-4; T.J. Dunbabin, ''The Western Greeks'', 1948; S.P. Morris, ''Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art'' (1992:199), all noted by Fox 2009:189 note 9.</ref>