Falkener, Edward: Daedalus or the causes and principles of the excellence of Greek sculpture (London, 1860)

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PREFACE.

of success. Daadalus gives wings to his son, to
signify that no one can arrive at the highest excel-
lence of his profession, who is devoid of genius :—

" Sine pennis volare baud facile est.—Plautus.

Being endowed with genius, Dasdalus then advises
his son neither to fly into fanciful conceits, nor to
sink into a low and contemptible manner. Seeing
his son inattentive to his counsels, and about to
follow his own course, he holds him by the arm to
restrain him, he conjures him to follow his direc-
tions, falling at his feet he beseeches him. Beware,
he says, of extremes : avoid extravagances :—

" Inter ntrumque vola."—Ovid.
" Fuge magna."—lior.

DsedahnS married a woman of Gortyna, by whom
he had Iapyx, who subsequently led a colony into
Italy. Notwithstanding this, Minos appears to have
been jealous of him, and thought that his queen
visited the artist's studio too frequently, on the pre-
tence of seeing his famous cow. Certain it is that,
on his arrival in Sicily, Daedalus soon ingratiated
himself with the daughters of King Cocalus, who