Polycaste, sister of
Daedalus and the mother of
Perdix. Because her brother killed her son, she laughed with joy when she saw
Icarus (Daedalus' own son) fall into the sea and drown when he had flown too close to the sun.[citation needed]
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Polycaste, sister of
Daedalus and the mother of
Perdix. Because her brother killed her son, she laughed with joy when she saw
Icarus (Daedalus' own son) fall into the sea and drown when he had flown too close to the sun.[citation needed]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.