person
Daedalus
also: Dädalus, Daedalus
The legendary Athenian craftsman and inventor of Greek myth, creator of the Labyrinth and maker of wings of wax and feathers. Trakl invokes his 'spirit' in Little Concert (Gedichte, section 28) as a hovering creative intelligence associated with blue shadows and decay.
Reading notes
- Poems §28 Daedalus
Daedalus was the master craftsman and inventor of Greek myth who built the Labyrinth of Crete and fashioned wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son Icarus. He represents the dangerous, overreaching ambition of human artistry.