Icarus
- A son of Daedalus, who, on his flight from Crete, fell into the Aegean Sea, Ov. M. 8, 195 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 20, 13; Hyg. F. 40.—
- B Derivv.
- 1 Īcărĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Icarus, Icarian: aquae, the part of the Aegean Sea named after Icarus, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 90.—Also absol.: Īcărĭum (sc. mare), Ov. F. 4, 283; 566: fluctus, Hor. C. 1, 1, 15: litus, Ov. H. 18, 50.—
- 2 Icăros, i, f., one of the Sporades, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 68.—
- II =Ἰκάριος, son of Oebalus, king of Sparta, the father of Erigone and Penelope, placed in the heavens as the constellation Bŏōtes, Hyg. F. 224; Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 29; Tib. 4, 1, 10; Ov. M. 10, 450.—Called also Īcărĭus, Ov. H. 1, 81; Hyg. F. 130.—
- B Derivv.
- 1 Īcărĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Icarus, Icarian: palmes, i. e. the vine, which Bacchus taught Icarus to cultivate, Stat. S. 3, 1, 147; cf. umbra, i. e. of the vine, id. Th. 4, 655: boves, the constellation Bŏōtes, Prop. 2, 33 (3, 31), 24: canis stella, i. e. the constellation Canis Major (the dog of Icarus, named Maera, which was translated to the sky), Ov. Am. 2, 16, 4; so, astrum, Stat. Th. 4, 777; hence also: latratus, id. Silv. 4, 4, 13.—
- 2 Īcăris, ĭdis, = Ἰκαρίς, the daughter of Icarus, i. e. Penelope, Ov. Ib. 393.—
- 3 Īcărĭōtis, ĭdis, f., = Ἰκαριῶτις, the daughter of Icarus, i. e. Penelope, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 10.—Adj.: tela, i. e. of Penelope, Ov. P. 3, 1, 113.
- 1. zoon v. Daedalus, vloog met zijn vader, die voor zichzelf en voor hem vleugels gemaakt had, weg van Kreta en viel bij zijn vlucht in de zee die volgens de legende naar hem de Icarische Zee (mare Icarium — zuidoostelijk deel v.d. Egeïsche Zee rond het eiland Icaria) genoemd werd; om dezelfde reden zou het eiland Īcaria, ae f genoemd zijn naar Icarus;
- 2. (of Īcarius) Athener die van Bacchus de wijnrank kreeg en de eerste wijnboer in Attica werd; hij werd door herders die meenden dat hun dronken vrienden vergiftigd waren, vermoord, maar door zijn dochter met hulp v. zijn hond teruggevonden; als Arcturus of Boötes aan de hemel geplaatst en samen met hem zijn dochter als Maagd en zijn hond als Hondsster; — adj. Īcarius, a, um [canis].
I´CARUS, I´CARIA(Ἴκαρος, Ἰκαρία: Nikaria) an island of the Aegean, to the west of Samos, according to Strabo (10. p. 480, 14.639), 80 stadia from Cape Ampelos, while Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.23) makes the distance 35 miles. The island is in reality a continuation of the range of hills traversing Samos from east to west, whence it is long and narrow, and extends from NE. to SW. Its length, according to Pliny, is 17 miles, and its circumference, according to Strabo, 300 stadia. The island, which gave its name to the whole of the surrounding sea ( Icariumn Mareor Pelagus), derived its own name, according to tradition, from Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who was believed to have fallen into the sea near this island. (Ov. Met. 8.195, foll.) The cape forming the easternmost point of the island was called Drepanumeor Dracanum(Strab. xiv. pp. 637, 639; Horn. Hymn. 34.1; Diod. Sic. 3.66; Plin. Nat. 4.23; Steph. B. s. v. Δράκονον), and near it was a small town of the same name. Further west, on the north coast, was the small town of ISTI(Ἴστοι), with a tolerably good roadstead; to the south of this was another little place, called OENOE(Οἰνόη, Strab. l. c.;Athen. 1. p. 30.) According to some traditions, Dionysus was born on Cape Draconum (Theocrit. Idyll. 26.33), and Artemis had a temple near Isti, called Tauropolion. The island had received its first colonists from Miletus (Strab. 14. p. 635); but in the time of Strabo it belonged to the Samians: it had then but few inhabitants, and was mainly used by the Samians as pasture land for their flocks. (Strab. x. pp. 488, 14. p. 639; Scylax, pp. 22; Aeschyl. Pers. 887; Thucyd. 3.92, viii. 99; Ptol. 5.2.30; P. Mela, 2.7.) Modern writers derive the name of Icaria from the Ionic word κάρα, a pasture (Hesych. s. v. Κάρ), according to which it would mean the pasture land.In earlier times it is said to have been called Doliche (Plin. l. c.; Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 187), Macris (Plin, l. c.;Eustath. ad Dionys. Per. 530; Liv. 27.13), and Ichthyoessa (Plin. l. c.). Respecting the present condition of the island, see Tournefort, Voyage due Lévant, ii. lett. 9. p. 94; and Ross, Reisen auf den Griech. Inseln, vol. 2. p. 164, fol. COIN OF OENOE OR OENAE, IN ICARUS.
[L.S](Ἴκαρος). (1) A son of Daedalus (q.v.).
(2) See Icaria.
- Olympic victor: Paus. 4.15.1
- body of: washed ashore on Icaria and buried by Herakles: Apollod. 2.6.3, Paus. 9.11.5
- son of Daedalus, flies too high and falls into the sea: Apollod. E.1.11, Paus. 9.11.5