Greek Mythology Notes
An encyclopaedia of Greek mythology — gods, heroes, creatures, places, and the English words they gave us.
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Daedalus
Inventions
The legendary master craftsman of Athens and Crete who created the Labyrinth, artificial wings, and living statues, embodying the Greek ideal of techne.
Every tech startup founder is a Daedalus figure — brilliant enough to build world-changing inventions but capable of catastrophic hubris. Steve Jobs was explicitly compared to Daedalus in early profiles. The myth's warning that even genius needs ethical guardrails has become Silicon Valley's most cited classical reference, usually invoked after something goes wrong rather than before.
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