DAEDALUS and icarus

There are so many myths and legends being told from time to time. Daedalus and Icarus is one of them and the most recent myth that I had learnt in the class. It is very interesting to notice the way the writer had written the story. There is no way to straightaway understanding to the story. Only after several times reading did I finally understand the story because there are too many characters and it is quite confusing. hehehe

Here, i have typed DAEDALUS in capital letters and the name icarus all in small letters...want to know why? I think that both of these people, though portrayed as father and son, but then they are so different. The father is very brilliant and skillful architect, but the son is unbelievably foolish...Moreover, the age factor also makes them different. DAEDALUS is a matured, loving father but the son, icarus is immatured child who is disobidient to his father leads him to his own death...