Question

In Ovid's "The Story of Daedalus and Icarus," what happens to Icarus?

A. He flies back to the island in order to fight Minos.
B. He makes it to land and raises an army to defeat Minos.
C. He flies too close to the sun, and he falls when the sun melts the wax holding his wings together.
D. He flies too close to the water and is caught in a fisherman's net and drowns.

Answer 1

C, he flies to close to the sun and the wax in his makeshift wings melt, he loses too many of the feathers and falls into the water and dies.

Answer 2

the answer is c,
He flies too close to the sun, and he falls when the sun melts the wax holding his wings together, hope that helps!