In mythological ancient Greece, Icarus flew above Crete (a place in Greece) on wings made from wax and feathers made by his father, defying the laws of man and nature. To people on the ground, he looked like a god, and he felt like one too. But, in his society, there's a line to separate god from man and the punishment for people who attempted to cross it was severe. Daedalus made inventions that blurred the line. Thus, when his son Icarus flew too high, the sun melted the wax which held his wings together and he fell down to his death.