. well as magicalincantation, is set down as their inventioniClem. AL Strom, i. 132). Other accountstransfer them to Mount Ida in Crete, of whichisland they are said to have been the originalinhabitants (Diod. v. 64 ; Plin. vii. 197 ; C. I. ). With this tradition, no doubt, is con-nected their confusion with the Curetes ( 466; Paus. v. 7, 6). Their number appearsto have been originally three: Celmis (thesmelter), Damnameneus (the hammer), andAcmon (the anvil). Their number was after-wards increased to five, ten (five ma
. well as magicalincantation, is set down as their inventioniClem. AL Strom, i. 132). Other accountstransfer them to Mount Ida in Crete, of whichisland they are said to have been the originalinhabitants (Diod. v. 64 ; Plin. vii. 197 ; C. I. ). With this tradition, no doubt, is con-nected their confusion with the Curetes ( 466; Paus. v. 7, 6). Their number appearsto have been originally three: Celmis (thesmelter), Damnameneus (the hammer), andAcmon (the anvil). Their number was after-wards increased to five, ten (five male and fivefemalei, fifty-two and 100. Dadastana \i) Aabamava: Torbaleh or Kes-tabeg ?), a fortress on the borders of Bithyniaand Galatia, where the emperor Jovian diedsuddenly, 364 (Amm. Marc. xxv. 10). Daedala «ra AaiSaXa), a city in Asia Minor,upon the Gulf of Glaucus, on the borders ofCaria and Lycia. The same name was givento a mountain near the town (Strab. p. 664). Daedalus (AaiSaAos). 1. A mythical per-sonage, under whose name the Greek writers. Daedalus and Icarus. (From a relief In the Villa AJbanL) personified the earliest development of the artsof sculpture and architecture, especially amongthe Athenians and Cretans. Accordingly, sometraditions represent Daedalus as an Athenian,of the royal race of the Ereehtludae (Diod. ). Other traditions make him a Cretan ; andin accordance with this story Crete is regardedas the place where £6ava or daedala were firstmade. He is said to have been the son ofMetion, the son of Eupalamus, the son of ns. Others miik- him tin- son of Eupalamus,or of Palamaon. His mother is called Alcippe,or Iphinoe, or Plirasimede. He devoted him-seli to sculpture, and made great improvementsin the art. He instructed his sisters , who soon came to surpass him in skilland ingenuity, and Daedalus killed him throughenvy. I5eing <-<uiilt-inii»-<l death by the Areio-pagus for this murder, he went to Crete, wher
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