Daedalus is a figure from Greek mythology, known as a skilled craftsman and inventor. He is best known for creating the Labyrinth on Crete to house the Minotaur and for fashioning wings made of feathers and wax for himself and his son Icarus to escape imprisonment. Daedalus represents the themes of ingenuity and the consequences of ambition, particularly in the tragic fate of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun. His story highlights the tension between human creativity and the dangers of overreaching.