Does Daedalus and Icarus discourage ambition?

Daedalus always strived for the best in whatever project he had most recently decided to tackle. He was extremely intelligent, and applied this intelligence most often to the fields of engineering, sculpture, architecture, and craftsmanship. His artwork amazed his fellow Greeks and made all previous sculptures obsolete.

It was not Daedalus's intelligence that set him apart from other Greeks-there were surely many smart Greeks in order to inaugurate modern civilization- it was his ambition. The ambition to be great led Daedalus to murder his own nephew Perdix, for fear that he would surpass Daedalus. After this foolish act, Daedalus had to seek refuge on the Island of Crete, where he was "treated with great respect because he was an inventor". Daedalus again got in trouble when he helped a King Minos' daughter save Theseus from a Labyrinth. Later on, he turned his knowledge to flying, "(an) idea never before explored by man". His punishment was the death of his son Icarus, who suffered from hybris, or overconfidence and flew too high.

The Greeks were the first modern thinkers, a people that encouraged questioning and insight. However, as this myth shows, not all Greeks felt this way. Daedalus was repeatedly punished for his overly ambitious ways: confinement to prison, losing his son, and eventually murder. Ultimately, his ambition was his downfall. It is not only this myth that shows this. In one of Plato's ancient philosophy plays, Socrates was brought to court for attempting to teach his knowledge of the world to students. Many other Greeks have been exiled or murdered for their offbeat thoughts and ambitions, but it was Daedalus perhaps, who suffered the worst fate.