Die Flügel des Dädalus

The Wings Daedalus made In Metamorphoses VIII, 189–195, Ovid presents us the design of the wings for Icarus. Daedalus „put the feathers beginning with the smallest ones, adding a long one while a shorter followed...“ This text to many readers seemed to be contradictory because in a ascending series a longer element will follow the former element, not a shorter. I present a reading of the passage that shows that Ovid was a thorough observer and the passage needs no correction.