THE ORIGIN OF ICARUS

Congratulations. You have found a secret webpage. You must keep this link a secret as you are now aware of it's existense. As a treat for your effort, here is the story of Icarus (a portion of the band's name).

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The ancient greeks knew and Ovid wrote that Daedalus was a skilled architect, inventor, and sculptor highly respected in his hometown of Athens. But human as he was, he was not free of sin. He became jealous of his nephew and apprentice Talus, a promising young man called to become his successor. In a foolish outrage Daedalus "flung his nephew headlong down from Minerva's sacred citadel" in an attempt to kill him. But the goddess Pallas changed the boy into a bird, "clothing him with feathers in mid-air".
For this crime Daedalus was exiled to Crete to serve King Minos, where he eventually had a son, Icarus, with the beautiful Naucrate, a mistress-slave of the King.
Minos called on Daedalus to build the famous Labyrinth in order to imprison the Minotaur, a dreaded half-man, half-bull monster protected by the King. He did a good job but could not keep a secret. By revealing the mystery of the Labyrinth he allowed the killing of the Minotaur by Theseus. When Minos found out what Daedalus had done he was so enraged that he imprisoned Daedalus and his son together in the Labyrinth themselves.
To escape from the Labyrinth and from Crete, Daedalus designed sets of wings made of feathers and wax for him and his son. Before flying to freedom he warned Icarus not to fly too low - for his wings would touch the water and get wet - nor too high - for the sun could melt the wax. But young Icarus, overwhelmed by the thrill of flying, forgot his father's warning and flew too close to the sun. Sure enough the wax in his wings melted down and he fell into the sea killing himself.

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As the name states "kidikarus", there is a secondary term - "kid icarus" derived from the Nintendo video game:


JULY 1987 : US

Far away in peaceful Angel Land lived a young angel warrior named Pit, who has been given the task of defeating the monsterous Medusa, who wishes to destroy Angel Land and all of the people, and she has started by kidnapping the Princess of Angel Land. Young Pit must rescue the Princess and restore peace to Angel Land. He will travel from the deep caverns of the Underworld to Medusa's palace in the sky on his journey, and deadly monsters will attack him every step of the way. But he has the power of the Gods on his side! A powerful bow and arrows, Water of Life, and Angel Feathers will assist Pit on his quest to destroy Medusa and save the princess!

With your help, Pit will prevail and save Angel Land!
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Unfortunately, there is/was an irish band named "Kid Icarus". So to avoid any confusion the band formed the word "kidikarus". That is the origin of the band.