Complex sentence: According to Ovid, Daedalus tied feathers together, from smallest to largest so as to form an increasing surface, securing the feathers at their midpoints with string and at their bases with wax, and giving the whole a gentle curvature like the wings of a bird.
Split into simpler sentences: According to Ovid, Daedalus tied feathers together, from smallest to largest so as to form an increasing surface. He secured the feathers at their midpoints with string and at their bases with wax, and gave the whole a gentle curvature like the wings of a bird.