Icarian Sea
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noun
the part of the Aegean Sea between Turkey and the Greek islands of Patmos and Leros.
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His body was never recovered, but that part of the sea was afterwards called the Icarian Sea.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip BakerAnd the sea in which poor Icarus was drowned was called forever afterward by his name, the Icarian Sea.
Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year|E.C. HartwellThe fall of Icarus was probably invented to explain the name of the Icarian Sea.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills GayleyLet our lakes receive as true names at least as the Icarian Sea, where "still the shore" a "brave attempt resounds."
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience|Henry David Thoreau
British Dictionary definitions for Icarian Sea
Icarian Sea
noun
the part of the Aegean Sea between the islands of Patmos and Leros and the coast of Asia Minor, where, according to legend, Icarus fell into the sea
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