Ovid says he “toppled, beating wild with naked arms the unsustaining air … shrikeing for succour from his sire”
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Today’s Final Jeopardy Category is: Figures of Myth
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Ovid says he “toppled, beating wild with naked arms the unsustaining air … shrikeing for succour from his sire”
Final Jeopardy Answer
The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Icarus
Final Jeopardy Explanation
The passage describes the tragic fate of Icarus from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.” In this ancient myth, Icarus is the son of Daedalus, the master craftsman who created the Labyrinth. Together, they attempt to escape from Crete using wings that Daedalus fashioned from feathers and wax. Daedalus warns his son not to fly too close to the sun or too close to the sea, but to follow his path of flight.
However, Icarus, overcome by the exhilaration of flying, ignores his father’s warnings and flies too high. The heat from the sun melts the wax holding his wings together, and Icarus falls from the sky. As he falls, he flails wildly and cries out for his father’s help, but to no avail, as he plunges into the sea, which is later named the Icarian Sea in his memory. This story is often used as a cautionary tale about the dangers of overambition or hubris
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