[14] For Daedalus and the stories connected with him see Dict. Myth. The bulk of tradition seems to point to Sicily as the place where he took refuge after leaving Crete: but Sardinia was also mentioned as a spot to which he went. Italy as well as the adjoining islands would naturally associate his name with its works of art: and so Sil. 12. 102 makes him the builder of a temple of Apollo at Capua, under circumstances similar to those in the text—one of Silius' many imitations of Virg. ‘Regna’ probably includes the government as well as the kingdom. At any rate ‘Minois’ is significant, as it was on Minos' account that Daedalus fled from Crete.
