Daedalus (Daed′alus) was a great architect and sculptor. He invented the wedge, the axe, the level, and the gimlet, and was the first to use sails. Daedalus also constructed the famous labyrinth for Minos, King of Crete. See Icarus.
“Now Daedalus, behold, by fate assigned,
A task proportioned to thy mighty mind.”
Pope.
Dagon (Da′gon). A god of the Philistines, half man half fish, like the mermaid. Milton describes him as “Upward man and downward fish.”
Dahak (Da′hak). The Persian devil.
Daityas (Dai′tyas). In Hindoo mythology the devils or evil gods.
Danae (Dan′ae) was a daughter of Acrisius and Eurydice. She had a son by Jupiter, who was drifted out to sea in a boat, but was saved by Polydectes and educated.
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Fountain of Cybele (Rhea)