< Daedalus, son of Eupalamus >

1 Origin

Daedalus was born in Athens in 1261 BC.

His mother was Merope, daughter of Erechtheus.

Daedalus was a cousin of Theseus.

Erechtheus, father of Merope, was probably another name for Pandion, the 8th king of Athens.

Some sources say that Daedalus' father was Metion.

This seems to mean that he was a descendant of Metion, as Pausanias writes.

Daedalus' father was Eupalamus.

Eupalamus' father was Metion, whose father was Erechtheus, the 6th king of Athens.

2 Family

Daedalus married a woman from Gortyn in Crete.

Daedalus had a son, Iapyx.

Botton, who emigrated from Crete to Bottiaea in Macedonia, is also thought to be a son of Daedalus.

3 Others

Daedalus is said to have killed his sister's son and fled to Minos.

In legends, Daedalus' nephew was named Talos, Attalus, Calos, and Perdix.

This legend is thought to be a fiction.

Daedalus' father, Eupalamus, was one of the sons of Metion, who fought with Pandion, the eighth king of Athens, and Aegeus, the ninth king of Athens.

In other words, Daedalus's exile was the result of a fight with Aegeus, not because he killed his nephew.