Polarity In Daedalus

By including the tale of the partridge coming to Daedalus while he was burying his son, Ovid is using the principle of two-ness of polarity in making light of another angle of this story not yet revealed. When reading this story initially, Daedalus is portrayed as more of a victim, whose intelligence and ability to design the Labyrinth places him in this deleterious position of being trapped on this island. In adding the story of the partridge, Daedalus is exposed as being an attempted murderer, of a twelve year old child, and then covering it up when he, “spread the rumor of an accident” (Kline, 2000, para 10). This adds another dimension to the story and casts light on the darker side of Daedalus. Another aspect, the addition of this