PROMETHEUS FROM THE ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO THE SERVET-İ FÜNUN LITERATURE
ANTİK YUNAN MİTOLOJİSİ’NDEN SERVET-İ FUNUN EDEBİYATI’NA PROMETHEUS

Author : Hüseyin ÜRETEN -- Hanife Yasemin MUMCU
Number of pages : 32-52

Abstract

Ancient Greek mythology has been affecting the world of art litterature and culture for centuries. Prometheus, for instance, stealing the firer from the Olympos, giving it to humankind and sacrificing himself for the advancement of humanity, impressed many artists with his mythical personalitly through ages. Indeed starting from Hesiod to the modern ages, symbolic language of the Prometheus myth has been brought to present day with different interpretations of the artists of every age. In this study all interpretations of the myth of Prometheus which inspired many artists will be introduced and especially its effect on the Tevfik Fikret’s “Promete” poem will be studied.

Keywords

Prometheus, ancient Greek mythology, Tevfik Fikret, Promete.

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