Daidalos

Daidalos, also spelled Daedalus, was a famous and skillful inventor, architect, and a craftsman in Greek mythology, known for being the creator of the infamous labyrinth for the Minotaur.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations: "Messara: Daidalos Armory" He was also the father of Ikaros.
==Biography==
According to Greek legends, the Athenian Daidalos was exiled after he threw his nephew off the acropolis of Athens in jealous rage.Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Tours: Knossos: "Daidalos" However, Daidalos found work in Knossos. At first, he played a vital part in the birth of the Minotaur by crafting a special cow suit for the queen Pasiphae, enabling her to sleep with a bull gods had cursed her to fall in love with. After the birth of the Minotaur, king Minos ordered Daidalos to create the infamous labyrinth beneath the Knossos Palace.Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Tours: Knossos: "Birth of the Minotaur" He was also said to be the creator of the statue of the hero Herakles situated near the Lykosoura Ruins in Arkadia.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations: "Arkadia: Daidalos' Statue of Herakles"
==Legacy and influence==
During the Peloponnesian War, a fort near the city of Gortyn in Messara was named after him, as well as the related cavern used as armory.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
In 1725, after the Chinese Assassins Xiao Han, Liu Qing, and Xue Yan used gliders to board the Fenghuang, the navigator John Young compared them to Daidalos and his son Ikaros.Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 48
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
*Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece 
*Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple 
==References==
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