The answer, on a Dutch engraving of the early seventeenth century:
Winged, like a fallen angel, and decked out in an academic gown, he is goaded on by curiosity, while flattery holds up to him an ornate mirror adorned with feathers, that he may contemplate himself. And not a single incantation
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
Analyst Arvind Kumar and Him Lal Gautam, Chief Surveyor of Nepal's Department of Survey, have published an article on the Himalayan flood of 26 August 2026. A rock-and-ice avalanche broke away that day from the northern slope of Langtang Lirung and turned into a debris flow,