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Classic victim of hubris
Answer for the clue "Classic victim of hubris ", 6 letters:
icarus
Alternative clues for the word icarus
- "Planet of the Apes" spacecraft
- Mythological figure who died when the sun melted the wax on his wings
- Mythological flier
- He flew too close to the sun, in myth
- Doomed Greek with wax wings
- His wings melted in the sun
- Legendary skydiver
- Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun
- Wax-winged flyer
- He died soon after escaping from Crete
Usage examples of icarus.
He had, after all, done his nuke perisher - the cos' Qualifying Course - after surviving the Icarus incident, and FOSM'S appointer had at the time hinted that if Farge succeeded in the perisher and was promoted to commander, he would, as the most experienced of the candidates, be getting one of the Swiftsures - the nuclear hunter-killers which, because of their success, were now being produced as fast as the yards could build them.
Quiescent and apparently defensive minded though they'd been since Icarus, Pierre was far from convinced that they were down for the count.
Moreover a perfect opportunity to test those modifications presented itself in the form of Icarus B’s twin, Icarus C, which was just in the right phase of construction to permit ready incorporation of the redesigns, provided that no time was wasted in approving the change of plan.
The journal of Neurophysiology's going to one zip code and Physica Scripta and ICARUS are going to another.