<P> In Greek mythology, Daedalus (/ ˈdɛdələs ˈdiːdələs /; Ancient Greek: Δαίδαλος Daidalos "cunningly wrought", perhaps related to δαιδάλλω "to work artfully"; Latin: Daedalus; Etruscan: Taitale) was a skillful craftsman and artist . He is the father of Icarus, the uncle of Perdix, and possibly also the father of Iapyx, although this is unclear . </P> <P> His parentage was supplied as a later addition to the mythos, providing him with a father in Metion, Eupalamus, or Palamaon, and a mother, Alcippe, Iphinoe, or Phrasmede . Daedalus had two sons: Icarus and Iapyx, along with a nephew either Talus or Perdix . </P> <P> Athenians transferred Cretan Daedalus to make him Athenian - born, the grandson of the ancient king Erechtheus, claiming that Daedalus fled to Crete after killing his nephew Talos . Over time, other stories were told of Daedalus . </P> <P> Daedalus is first mentioned by Homer as the creator of a wide dancing - ground for Ariadne . He also created the Labyrinth on Crete, in which the Minotaur (part man, part bull) was kept . In the story of the labyrinth as told by the Hellenes, the Athenian hero Theseus is challenged to kill the Minotaur, finding his way with the help of Ariadne's thread . Daedalus' appearance in Homer is in an extended metaphor, "plainly not Homer's invention", Robin Lane Fox observes: "He is a point of comparison and so he belongs in stories which Homer's audience already recognized ." In Bronze Age Crete, an inscription da - da - re-jo - de has been read as referring to a place at Knossos, and a place of worship . </P>

How do we know that daedalus achieved (reached) his goal