"Daedalus & Icarus"
This was the name of the father who created wings to escape from the labyrinth.
Daedalus
A myth is a traditional story that often explains something about the world or teaches this.
A lesson or moral.
This greedy king wished that everything he touched would turn to gold.
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Nouns
This island is where Daedalus and Icarus were imprisoned by King Minos.
Crete
Myths often feature these kinds of characters, like gods, heroes, or mythical creatures.
Supernatural beings.
This is what happened when King Midas touched his food.
It turned to gold and he couldn't eat.
This part of speech describes an action or state of being.
Verbs
Icarus ignored his father’s warning and flew too close to this.
The Sun
The lesson or takeaway in a myth is often called this.
The god who granted Midas his wish was this one.
Dionysus
An adjective describes or modifies this part of speech.
Nouns
These were the materials used to build the wings.
Feathers & Wax
Myths were passed down through generations in this way before being written down.
Orally, or through oral tradition.
Midas regretted his wish after this happened to his daughter.
She turned to gold.
This part of speech shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.
This is the reason why Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high or too low.
The heat of the sun would melt the wax and the sea’s dampness would clog the feathers
This is one reason myths were important in ancient cultures.
They explained natural events or human behavior.
Midas lost his golden touch by doing this.
Washing in the river Pactolus.
In the sentence “Icarus flew quickly,” this part of speech is the word “quickly.”
Adverbs