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In my Ap literacy class we were reading Prometheus bound and a poem about Prometheus bound by Aeschylus, and I was wondering if Prometheus add any connections to any of the Demons?
Also I'm almost positive they have changed the original text because in the story Prometheus bound it was suppose to be directly translated from ancient Greek to English and in the story the used the word "sin." Which I thought was odd so I looked up what it might translate into Greek and it is "hamartia" which has different meanings but a common use of that word means a fatal flaw. What I was reading about this word hinted towards the christians taking it and corrupting the meaning... or basically stealing it.
But in the text they used the word Daemon, but I'm not sure how they used because in the text it could be seen as sarcasm or that they were using that word to mean something or like an entity that was bad, which isn't the original meaning of that word in ancient Greek, so it makes me think that the original text was changed.
Any thoughts?
Also I'm almost positive they have changed the original text because in the story Prometheus bound it was suppose to be directly translated from ancient Greek to English and in the story the used the word "sin." Which I thought was odd so I looked up what it might translate into Greek and it is "hamartia" which has different meanings but a common use of that word means a fatal flaw. What I was reading about this word hinted towards the christians taking it and corrupting the meaning... or basically stealing it.
But in the text they used the word Daemon, but I'm not sure how they used because in the text it could be seen as sarcasm or that they were using that word to mean something or like an entity that was bad, which isn't the original meaning of that word in ancient Greek, so it makes me think that the original text was changed.
Any thoughts?