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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.25,0:00:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In mythological ancient Greece,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.39,0:00:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soaring above Crete on wings made\Nfrom wax and feathers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.57,0:00:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Icarus, the son of Daedalus,\Ndefied the laws of both man and nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.35,0:00:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ignoring the warnings of his father,\Nhe rose higher and higher.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.14,0:00:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To witnesses on the ground,\Nhe looked like a god,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.37,0:00:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as he peered down from above,\Nhe felt like one, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.68,0:00:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in mythological ancient Greece,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.89,0:00:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the line that separated god from man\Nwas absolute
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.64,0:00:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the punishment for mortals\Nwho attempted to cross it was severe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.17,0:00:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such was the case for Icarus and Daedalus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.46,0:00:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Years before Icarus was born,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.70,0:00:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his father Daedalus was highly regarded\Nas a genius inventor,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.82,0:00:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,craftsman,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.57,0:00:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sculptor in his homeland of Athens.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.44,0:00:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He invented carpentry\Nand all the tools used for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.81,0:01:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He designed the first bathhouse
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.73,0:01:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the first dance floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.65,0:01:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He made sculptures so lifelike\Nthat Hercules mistook them for actual men.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.82,0:01:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though skilled and celebrated,\NDaedalus was egotistical and jealous.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.38,0:01:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worried that his nephew\Nwas a more skillful craftsman,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.59,0:01:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daedalus murdered him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.85,0:01:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As punishment, Daedalus was banished\Nfrom Athens and made his way to Crete.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.38,0:01:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Preceded by his storied reputation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.62,0:01:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daedalus was welcomed \Nwith open arms by Crete's King Minos.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.98,0:01:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, acting as the palace \Ntechnical advisor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.56,0:01:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daedalus continued to push the boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.82,0:01:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the king's children,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.13,0:01:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he made mechanically animated toys\Nthat seemed alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.56,0:01:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He invented the ship's sail and mast,\Nwhich gave humans control over the wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.12,0:01:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With every creation, Daedalus challenged\Nhuman limitations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.23,0:01:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had so far kept mortals\Nseparate from gods,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.97,0:02:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until finally, he broke right through.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.84,0:02:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,King Minos's wife, Pasiphaë,\Nhad been cursed by the god Poseidon
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.60,0:02:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fall in love\Nwith the king's prized bull.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.87,0:02:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under this spell, she asked Daedalus\Nto help her seduce it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.33,0:02:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With characteristic audacity, he agreed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.93,0:02:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daedalus constructed a hollow\Nwooden cow
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.80,0:02:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so realistic that it fooled the bull.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.09,0:02:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With Pasiphaë hiding inside\NDaedalus's creation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.44,0:02:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she conceived and gave birth\Nto the half-human half-bull minotaur.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.16,0:02:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, of course, enraged the king
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.66,0:02:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who blamed Daedalus for enabling\Nsuch a horrible perversion of natural law.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.96,0:02:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As punishment, Daedalus was forced\Nto construct an inescapable labyrinth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.69,0:02:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beneath the palace for the minotaur.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.89,0:02:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it was finished, Minos then\Nimprisoned Daedalus
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.96,0:02:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his only son Icarus
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.95,0:02:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the top of the tallest tower\Non the island
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.71,0:03:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they were to remain \Nfor the rest of their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.08,0:03:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Daedalus was still a genius inventor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.71,0:03:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While observing the birds\Nthat circled his prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.31,0:03:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the means for escape became clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.28,0:03:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He and Icarus would fly away\Nfrom their prison
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.07,0:03:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as only birds or gods could do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.73,0:03:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using feathers from the flocks\Nthat perched on the tower,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.71,0:03:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the wax from candles,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.95,0:03:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daedalus constructed two pairs\Nof giant wings.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.34,0:03:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he strapped the wings\Nto his son Icarus,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.08,0:03:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he gave a warning:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.92,0:03:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flying too near the ocean \Nwould dampen the wings
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.84,0:03:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make them too heavy to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.20,0:03:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flying too near the sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.12,0:03:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heat would melt the wax\Nand the wings would disintegrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.80,0:03:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In either case, they surely would die.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.19,0:03:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, the key to their escape\Nwould be in keeping to the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.58,0:03:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the instructions clear,\Nboth mean leapt from the tower.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.55,0:04:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were the first mortals ever to fly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.11,0:04:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Daedalus stayed carefully\Nto the midway course,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.32,0:04:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Icarus was overwhelmed\Nwith the ecstasy of flight
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.81,0:04:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and overcome with the feeling of\Ndivine power that came with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.26,0:04:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daedalus could only watch in horror\Nas Icarus ascended higher and higher,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.22,0:04:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,powerless to change his son's dire fate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.42,0:04:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the heat from the sun melted\Nthe wax on his wings,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.17,0:04:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Icarus fell from the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.80,0:04:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as Daedalus had many times ignored
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.19,0:04:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the consequences of defying \Nthe natural laws of mortal men
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.41,0:04:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the service of his ego,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.53,0:04:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Icarus was also carried away\Nby his own hubris.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.74,0:04:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.74,0:04:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both men paid for their departure \Nfrom the path of moderation dearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.53,0:04:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Icarus with his life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.13,0:04:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Daedalus with his regret.