People today may refer to someone who flew too close to the sun as a cautionary tale what does this expression have to do with myth of icaras

The myth from ancient Greece of the boy who flew too close to the sun. It continues the story of Daedalus, whom we first met in The Minotaur. We hear how he and his son Icarus tried to escape from Crete with wings made of feathers and wax. Some of the touching details - such as Icarus playing with the feathers - come from the Latin poet, Ovid.