Daedalus working on Icarus' wings. Illustration from a relief in Villa Albani, Rome, 1st-2nd century CE.
Human ambition to fly is illustrated in mythological literature of several cultures; the wings made out of wax and feathers by Daedalus in Greek mythology, or the Pushpaka Vimana of king Ravana in Ramayana, for instance.
Early attempts
See also: Early flying machines
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