Daedalus was a craftsman and sculpture in his homeland Athens, he invented carpentry and the tools for it

though skilled and celebrated, he was egotistical and jealous, worried that his nephew was more skilled then him he...

HE KILLED HIM

As punishment he was banished and made his way to Crete

preceded by his storied reputation Crete's king Mino welcomed him

In Crete acting as the palace technical adviser, he continued to push the boundaries, for the kings children he made mechanical life like toys he also ...

invented the ships sail and mast which gave people better control over the wind.

the kings wife cursed by the God Poseiedon to fall in love with the kings prized bull went to Daedalus for help to seduce the bull

Daedalus agreed to help her, he constructed a wooden hollow cow that was so realistic it tricked the bull