who is icarus? and who's pandora?

Question

i dunno but im into greeks now. and i have a little mess with pandora and icarus. can someone told me who they are?

Answer 1

You COULD use the search machine in the internet.

Icarus flew with wings made of wax and feathers. His dad and he were imprisoned, and flying was the only way out. Icarus' dad warned against flying too high, but the youngster did not heed...the wax in his wings melted, he fell down and died.
Pandora was the first woman. She had a box. The box was not to be opened, but she did. Out came all the evils of this world and since they have plagued the mankind. Pandora's name stands for "all-gifted". That means that in her there was everything. Not only the good, also the bad.

Answer 2

According to Greek mythology, Icarus was the well-loved son of a great inventor. The inventor created wings which he could use to fly, and also made a pair for his son. As they flew together, he warned his son not to fly too high. Icarus ignored him, and the wax which was holding the feathers on the wings together began to melt from the heat of the sun. The wings came apart, and Icarus fell to his death.

Pandora was a maiden who was given a box which contained all the evils of the world. She was told by the gods not to open it, but her curiousity got the better of her, and she opened it to see what all was inside. A soon as she did, the evils came pouring out of the box and across the world. Only one thing remained in it--hope.

Answer 3

Icarus is the man who made wings to fly to the sun and the wax he used melted and he fell back to earth.

Pandora is the one who opened the box of troubles and released them on the world.

You can look up entire Greek myths on the web.

Answer 4

icarus had wings made of wax and was warned by his father not to fly too close to the sun .... he did ... and fell as his wings melted... he is used as a symbol in james joyce's novel "artist as a young man..."

pandora was given a box and warned not to open it as inside were all the problems of the world... she opened it nonetheless and out poured greed and selfishness etc... now we all all those residing amidst us...

hope this helps... go look it up online ther are alot of sites ...just do a search

Answer 5

Icarus:
was the son of the artificer Daedalus. Icarus was famous for his death by falling into the Icarian Sea near Icaria, the island southwest of Samos that still bears his name,[1] when he flew too close to the sun, melting the wax holding his artificial wings together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus_(mythology)

Pandora: ("all-gifted") was the first woman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora

Answer 6

Cross-stitchKelly is right.
It's Greek Mythology - study it if you're really "into" Greeks now.