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In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, young prince Hamlet refers to the late King Hamlet as Hyperion; contrasted with King Claudius as a satyr.
- So excellent a king, that was to this
- Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother,
- That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
- Visit her face too roughly; heaven and earth,
- Must I remember? (I.ii.141–45)
Friedrich Hölderlin's major published work during his lifetime was the epistolary novel Hyperion.
The character of Hyperion is also one of the main figures in John Keats's literature. In fact, Keats's major works include the late 1818 poem "Hyperion" that was unfinished mainly due to the depression caused by the death of his brother Tom, and also the late 1819 poem "The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream" whose plot also revolves around the figures of Hyperion. It was also unfinished; however, it is considered by some the young poet's most sublime piece of writing.
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