Abstract
The story of Daedalus ans Icarus is one of most familiar Greek myth. Based on two Ovid's poetic version of this story (Met.
VIII and Ars II)) the article presents three other, different readings derived from Ovid's marvellous narratives: P. Breugel's polemic painting Fall of Icarus, K.
Biebl's poetistic vision of new Icarus (Nový Ikaros) and F. Hrubín's use of Daedalus fate as warning against catastrophe.