With poems, deep symbolism often hides the authors true feelings. ... One of Ovid's most famous poems, Daedalus and Icarus, may have not only became popular because of its plot, but it may have became popular because of the symbolism behind the conspiracy. ... In the poem, Daedalus devises a plan to help his son, whose name is Icarus, and himself escape from Crete. ... When Augustus read Ovid's poem, he was highly offended. He was so upset that he ordered Ovid and his poems to be banished from Rome. ...

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• Grade Level: High School