miseria-fortes-viros wrote this amusing and accurate thread that transcribes Icarus’s inner monologue. This is another side of the story of Icarus in Greek mythology:
I’ve always wondered: Did anyone ever asked to be buried with a pile of coins, wanting to pay the fare for some of the unfortunate souls stuck on the shore? Thinking of all the poor men and women who died alone, with no coins to spare and nobody to give them one, and hoping to save a few of them?
I’ve always wondered: Did anyone ever asked to be buried with a pile of coins, wanting to pay the fare for some of the unfortunate souls stuck on the shore? Thinking of all the poor men and women who died alone, with no coins to spare and nobody to give them one, and hoping to save a few of them?