Dedalus, Delia (Dilly). Stephen’s sister, who lives with her sisters and her father, Simon Dedalus, after the death of her mother. She appears more frequently in Ulysses than the rest of the sisters. In Wandering Rocks, Stephen runs into her just after she has purchased a French lesson book. He sympathizes with her desire to rise above her situation, but believes that he can’t help her without dragging himself down. She also appears in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
See also Dedalus, Boody. Dedalus, Katey. Dedalus, Maggie.