The myth of Sisyphus sees him angering the gods for cheating death, and being condemned to eternally push a boulder up a hill only for it roll back down again, repeating the process eternally.
In modern Western progress-oriented nations, this punishment is interpreted as symbolizing laborious and futile work. But is that the intended meaning?
The origin of the name Sisyphus may be onomatopoeic, imitating the susurrant sounds of the breath. This suggests a very different interpretation. 1/
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