Daedalus and Icarus

The classic story of Daedalus is that he was the brilliant engineer who built the Labyrinth to house the Minotaur for King Minos, but who fell out of favour and was imprisoned in a tower. He made wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son, Icarus, and flew away from the island and their captors. Unfortunately, despite his father's warnings, Icarus flew too close to the sun; the wax holding his wings together melted, and he plunged into the sea.