His father was a brilliant man who who designed the labyrinth that kept the Minotaur was imprisoned in. After the Minotaur was defeated, the King imprisoned Icarus and his father on an island as punishment. Icarus's father then fashioned wings out of wax and feathers to help them escape and warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun nor too close to the sea. Icarus did not heed this warning, too overcome with the joy and freedom of flight, which melted the wax on his wings and they fell apart. Icarus then fell to the sea and drowned.