Don’t forget there’s one monent every time Sysiphos rolls the rock up and down the hill when his world is perfect. That’s when he’s on top and for a second everything is in balance.
I’ve never really got that story. I understand it as a metaphor, but to me it doesn’t quite work because this problem can be solved rather easily by constructing something, anything, at the peak to hold the boulder from tumbling. If he places the rock in exactly the same way each time, no wonder it falls down. But he should at least try a different approach or any other trick that improves the chances of it working. There are plenty of options.
Granted, I never read the actual story, I’ve only pieced it together from the many pop culture references to it. So they may be other aspects of the story that I’m missing.
Sysiphos has nothing to construct anything. It’s just him and the rock and the hill, forever. Also, the gods wouldn’t let him ease the curse that’s on him without punishment. The main concept behind ancient Greek and Roman myths is not to mess with the gods. They’ve got theit own business and don’t care about human affairs.
Don’t forget there’s one monent every time Sysiphos rolls the rock up and down the hill when his world is perfect. That’s when he’s on top and for a second everything is in balance.
Camus told me to imagine him happy but I have Aphantasia :(
Sorry Sisyphus, you’re perma miserable.
I’ve never really got that story. I understand it as a metaphor, but to me it doesn’t quite work because this problem can be solved rather easily by constructing something, anything, at the peak to hold the boulder from tumbling. If he places the rock in exactly the same way each time, no wonder it falls down. But he should at least try a different approach or any other trick that improves the chances of it working. There are plenty of options.
Granted, I never read the actual story, I’ve only pieced it together from the many pop culture references to it. So they may be other aspects of the story that I’m missing.
Sysiphos has nothing to construct anything. It’s just him and the rock and the hill, forever. Also, the gods wouldn’t let him ease the curse that’s on him without punishment. The main concept behind ancient Greek and Roman myths is not to mess with the gods. They’ve got theit own business and don’t care about human affairs.