You're talking about Daedalus, but he wasn't considered a hero. While he was a person of mythic intellect, he did not have a hero's qualities.
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He was called Daedalus, but he didn't really exist.
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Daedalus invented the labyrinth and wings for humans.
Greek inventor Daedalus escaped the labyrinth of Minos by carving wax wings for himself and his son, Icarus. They flew out of the labyrinth using them. Despite the warnings of his father, Icarus flew too high and his wax wings melted by the heat of sun. Daedalus was able to escape but Icarus fell to his death.
The sphinx's body represents a lion and has a human head. In Greek tradition, it has the haunches of a lion, sometimes with the wings of a great bird, and the face of a human.The sphinx's body represents a lion and has a human head. In Greek tradition, it has the haunches of a lion, sometimes with the wings of a great bird, and the face of a human.
A scaled dragon with wings would be a drakon in Greek mythology.
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