DEDA'LIIS, according to the Greek myths, was sprung from the old Athenian race of kings, the Erechtheidw, and was a contemporary of Theseus and Minos. He was famous for his ability as an artist and mechanician. Among the numberless works which he is said to have executed, may be mentioned the Cretan labyrinth, the Colymbethra, or reservoir, near Megaris in Sicily, the temples of Apollo at Caputt and Cumw, that of Artemis Britomartis in Crete, and an altar sculptured with lions on the Libyan coast. His mechanical genius is clearly celebrated in the poetic fiction of his flying safely over the JEgean by means of wings which he had himself made. D. got tire credit among the Greeks of having invented carpentry, and most of its tools, such as the saw, the axe, the plumb-line, the gimlet, as also glue. The history of D. is obviously a myth, wherein, as recent criticism has conclusively shown, is embodied that epoch in which the first rude forms of art were thrown aside, and a higher skill and intelligence displayed.
DAENDELb, IIEnaLvsx WILHELM, a Dutch gen., was b. in 1762 at Hattem, in Guel dres, took part in the revolutionary disturbances that broke out in Holland in 1787, and was in consequence compelled to seek refuge in France. In the campaign of 1793,
he rendered important service to Dumourier, and was elevated to the rank of a gen. of brigade. In 1799, he commanded one of the two divisions of the republican army, which, with a third corps under the orders of gen. Brune, compelled the Anglo-Russian forces to surrender. Circumstances induced him to leave the service in 1803, but in 1806 he was reinstated in his former rank by the king of Holland. He now conquered East Friesland, and was made governor-general of Munster, commander-in-chief of the Dutch cavalry, marshal of Holland, and governor-general of the Dutch East Indian posses sions. This last office he held from 1808 to 1811, and discharged its duties with great prudence. Ile also published a work upon his administration in Java, which was an important contribution to our knowledge of that island. On the overthro:v of Napoleon, his services were secured by the new king of Holland, 'Wilhelm I., whb intrusted him with the organization of government in those colonies on the coast of Africa which had been restored to the Dutch. In this capacity he labored with energy and success until his death in June, 1818.