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322 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon alphabetic letter *p, entry periskelh/s2
   ., such as Daedalus first made, Sch.. (19.37)

2. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) alphabetic letter I
   It is principally known from its connection with the mythical legends concerning Minos and Daedalus; the capital of the Sicanian prince Cocalus, who afforded a shelter to the fugitive Daedalus against the Cretan monarch, being placed by some writers at Inycum, and by others at Camicus. (18.73)

3. John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 1 book 5, commline 588
   Heyne supposes that Virg. despaired of reproducing what would have been the most apposite description for his purpose, that of Daedalus' dance as represented on the shield of Achilles Il. 18. 590 foll., and so took the thing which suggested itself next, Daedalus' labyrinth. (18.73)

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4 from Renaissance Materials

1. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Daedalus
   Daedalus, the fabulous artist, who invented the art of flying: . (7.04)

2. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Icarus
   Icarus, the son of Daedalus, drowned in the sea, when he attempted, after his father's example, to fly on wings: . (6.34)

3. William Shakespeare, King Henry VI. Part III. (eds. W. Aldis Wright, W. G. Clark) act 5, scene 6, line 21
   K. Hen. I, Daedalus; my poor boy, Icarus;
   
   
   Thy father, Minos, that denied our course;
   
   
   The sun that sear'd the wings of my sweet boy
   
   
   Thy brother Edward, and thyself the sea
   
   
   Whose envious gulf did swallow up his life.
   (5.29)

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2 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Charles Knight, Guide cards to the antiquities in the British Museum guidecard 26, object 1
   Icarus was the son of Daedalus, an Athenian artificer of great dexterity, who invented the saw, the axe, sails for ships, &c. Daedalus being confined with his son by Minos king of Crete, he made wings for both with wax and feathers; with these wings he effected his escape to Sardinia, and thence to Cuma; but Icarus, disregarding the advice of his father, mounted so high in the air that the sun melted the wax with which the wings were constructed, and caused him to fall into the sea, between Mycone and Gyaros, which, from him, was thence called the Icarian Sea. (10.31)

2. Charles Knight, Guide cards to the antiquities in the British Museum guidecard 26, object 1
   A comparison of this statue with a bas-relief in the collection at the Villa Albani leaves no doubt that it is a statue of Icarus; and it seems not improbable that it once formed part of a group of Daedalus and Icarus. (1.41)

1 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Peter Force, Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force. Vol. 2 page 17
   And when Brutus did depart from Latium, we doe not finde that his whole number went with him at once, or arrived at one place; and being put to Sea might encounter with a storme, that would carry them out of sight of Land, and then they might sayle God knoweth whether, and so might be put upon this Coast, as well as any other; Compasse I beleeve they had none in those dayes; Sayles they might have (which Dædalus the first inventor thereof) left to after ages, having taught his Sonne Icarus the use of it, who to his Cost found how dangerous it is, for a Sonne not to observe the precepts of a wise Father, so that the lcarian Sea, now retaines the memory of it to this day, and Victuals they might have good store, and many other things fittinge, oares without all question, they would store themselves with, in such a case, but for the use of Compasse there is no mention made of it at that time (which was much about Sauls time the first that was made King of Israell. (1.34)