The myth of Sisyphus - Alex Gendler

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    Sisyphus was both a clever ruler who made his city prosperous, and a devious tyrant who seduced his niece and killed visitors to show off his power. While his violation of the sacred hospitality tradition greatly angered the gods, it was Sisyphus’ reckless confidence that proved to be his downfall -- resulting in Zeus condemning him for all eternity. Alex Gendler shares the myth of Sisyphus.
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  • @BreastCancerAwareness420
    @BreastCancerAwareness420 9 місяців тому +7227

    One must imagine Sisyphus being explained in a Ted Talk.

    • @Human_traain
      @Human_traain 8 місяців тому +85

      You scared me

    • @mrblue7020
      @mrblue7020 8 місяців тому +38

      If I was Sisyphus I would just break boulder into smaller pieces.

    • @Frummy_fruits
      @Frummy_fruits 8 місяців тому +63

      ​@@mrblue7020Bro thinks humans can just punch a giant boulder into pieces

    • @aninstrument2803
      @aninstrument2803 8 місяців тому +11

      ​@@Frummy_fruitsI mean he's pushing it up a mountain

    • @Frummy_fruits
      @Frummy_fruits 8 місяців тому +8

      @@aninstrument2803 push is okay but thinking we can just do some anime style punches to break a giant rock is wild

  • @19MAD95
    @19MAD95 3 роки тому +8140

    *Nobody dies*
    Ares: “Yo wtf?”

  • @Qreamey
    @Qreamey Рік тому +5996

    Bruh imagine some guy just wants to learn about the myth of sisyphus and all of the comments are talking about flesh panopticons and murderous GoPros.

    • @lannguyenthi4776
      @lannguyenthi4776 Рік тому +280

      The whole Greek mythology was already a fanfiction. So yeah, King Sisyphus got beheaded by Gabriel, locked up in a Flesh Pandemonium, turned into a Prime Soul and get killed by Blue Gopro

    • @lpmatthews7387
      @lpmatthews7387 Рік тому +105

      @@lannguyenthi4776 "actually, I'm a nikkon"

    • @bellAa_akaPlusheen
      @bellAa_akaPlusheen 9 місяців тому +53

      'BEGONE'
      'KEEP EM COMING.'

    • @ohioanbutt_ticklingbandit
      @ohioanbutt_ticklingbandit 9 місяців тому +28

      ⁠@@lpmatthews7387 I identify as a nikkon, my pronouns are weapon/creature of steel

    • @teatimeboy3240
      @teatimeboy3240 9 місяців тому +4

      ?

  • @bansedits2736
    @bansedits2736 9 місяців тому +5277

    "the struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a mans heart. one must imagine Sisyphus happy"

    • @Lanuzos
      @Lanuzos 9 місяців тому +118

      One must imagine Sisyphus happy

    • @gabrielnagy1164
      @gabrielnagy1164 9 місяців тому +65

      One must imagine Sisyphus happy

    • @Brocolliav
      @Brocolliav 9 місяців тому +54

      One must imagine Sisyphus happy

    • @loggersviii1228
      @loggersviii1228 9 місяців тому +29

      I’d prefer to be the rock

    • @JustRandomguyl0l
      @JustRandomguyl0l 9 місяців тому +12

      @@loggersviii1228 you wana be rolled to mountain then be accidentaly falled over thousands of years agein and agein

  • @digitalwire.
    @digitalwire. 4 роки тому +8010

    lmfao, Zeus kidnapped somebody’s daughter, and when the father asks which direction she went, he chained him to the underworld??
    Wtf Zeus...

    • @TheHiroClaw123
      @TheHiroClaw123 4 роки тому +246

      bruh the king killed any guest that came to him

    • @ethea.1042
      @ethea.1042 4 роки тому +1014

      @@TheHiroClaw123 And yet Zeus decided to punish him for the only good thing he did :P

    • @alxcalways2259
      @alxcalways2259 4 роки тому +64

      Cuz he’s the one that kidnap the daughter, what u expect? Lol

    • @TheHiroClaw123
      @TheHiroClaw123 4 роки тому +342

      sometimes, I'd like to think the only hero in these stories is the narrator

    • @BlackStar-oh9lp
      @BlackStar-oh9lp 4 роки тому +18

      HiroClaw Lol sadly this is usually the case

  • @TDIdialgagirl
    @TDIdialgagirl 5 років тому +7632

    Mortals who 'angered' them = Some person who slightly bruised their fragile egoes

    • @hunterp913
      @hunterp913 5 років тому +492

      He did yeet people off a mountain but whatever.

    • @user-dx5bn4yk4f
      @user-dx5bn4yk4f 5 років тому +14

      Hunter Parrott you mean throw

    • @boredfartless4221
      @boredfartless4221 5 років тому +112

      Sisyphus was an a-hole because he was the big bad, and he was punished by those who were bigger and more powerful

    • @ecliptik8020
      @ecliptik8020 5 років тому +17

      Hari Ng Norte no she meant Yeet, he yeeted them

    • @froggdoggs8551
      @froggdoggs8551 5 років тому +11

      Hari Ng Norte no he meant "yeet"

  • @derrinerrow4369
    @derrinerrow4369 Рік тому +2784

    I kinda like how in the game Hades, You can encounter Sisyphus taking a break from his punishment while the furies aren't watching. and have a quick chat, he's got a lot of muscle from rolling the boulder (which has a face and is named Bouldy) and he sees his eternal punishment as a great workout.

    • @lunarrity
      @lunarrity Рік тому +174

      i love bouldy

    • @GamesbiteRtDL
      @GamesbiteRtDL 9 місяців тому +77

      Like in Rock of Ages 1 lol

    • @Hero_My_Beloved
      @Hero_My_Beloved 9 місяців тому +218

      One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
      We finally did.

    • @gieldeeben7613
      @gieldeeben7613 9 місяців тому +127

      Taking a break? No one forces him to roll the boulder. He doesn’t have to roll, he just does because his ego is too big and if he stops the gods win. Dudes just full of self pride

    • @invurret9533
      @invurret9533 9 місяців тому +72

      @@gieldeeben7613 If Sisyphus just swallows his pride nothing is stopping him from just walking into Elysium, which is even dumber, because then HE would win by evading punishment.

  • @hollow_w33n
    @hollow_w33n Рік тому +632

    you forgot the part where sisyphus fought and lost to a camera armed with spare change

    • @hydrochloricacid7927
      @hydrochloricacid7927 Рік тому +64

      Certified Panopticon moment

    • @thebaseandtriflingcreature174
      @thebaseandtriflingcreature174 Рік тому +67

      Surprised there was no mention of the angel Gabriel being the divorce lawyer between Sisyphus’ head and Sisyphus’ body

    • @Sandvich592
      @Sandvich592 Рік тому +24

      Least powerful coin-wielding nikon

    • @meowrity
      @meowrity Рік тому +23

      Got beat up by a living gopro💀💀💀💀

    • @orang63
      @orang63 Рік тому +20

      Man I feel like he got +ENRAGED from that

  • @turtl3912
    @turtl3912 4 роки тому +15385

    Zeus: *kidnaps someone which is obvs bad*
    Sisyphus: *helps the kidnapped person’s father in exchange for a spring*
    Zeus: *angryness noise*

    • @froggdoggs8551
      @froggdoggs8551 4 роки тому +308

      the nymph wasn't bad he just thought she was hot

    • @unosheem6210
      @unosheem6210 4 роки тому +573

      Trailers with no Movies they means kidnapping is bad not the nymph

    • @afaresfors
      @afaresfors 4 роки тому +100

      *A N G E R Y*

    • @nicodiangelo2040
      @nicodiangelo2040 4 роки тому +292

      @@froggdoggs8551 no he meant that kidnapping was bad, not the nymph

    • @_Intrusive.Thoughts
      @_Intrusive.Thoughts 4 роки тому +7

      wheezy boi kidding me

  • @sciencewithproofgetrekt4511
    @sciencewithproofgetrekt4511 4 роки тому +1957

    Thanotos: Gets chained up
    People who die in battle: *RESPAWN*

    • @satyajeetshira8189
      @satyajeetshira8189 3 роки тому +79

      I read, the wars weren't fun because no one was dying, so the gods interevened and freed thanatos. Wtf 🤣

    • @autismman6360
      @autismman6360 3 роки тому +25

      I mean how can they get to the main menu

    • @evanytgaming1986
      @evanytgaming1986 3 роки тому +5

      @@satyajeetshira8189 thats why war is a thing back in the days

    • @allftw2677
      @allftw2677 3 роки тому +2

      @@evanytgaming1986 war is still a thing

    • @evanytgaming1986
      @evanytgaming1986 3 роки тому +4

      @@allftw2677 technically yes but its rare now

  • @beesechurger28
    @beesechurger28 Рік тому +751

    Little did sisyphus know, he would be used in one of the most funny historical games of steam, using the one and only boulder he was pushing.

  • @TheGlowingBeansGuy
    @TheGlowingBeansGuy 8 місяців тому +68

    The 3 types of comments:
    -Old comments talking about the video
    -"One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy"
    -Ultrakill

    • @q54daa4
      @q54daa4 2 місяці тому

      true...

    • @hasangaming673
      @hasangaming673 14 днів тому

      Me and the Birds.
      NO NIII NAAAAA
      DON DON SHEN DON DON, SHEN, DON DON SHEN DON DOOOOW DOOWI DON DON SHEN, DON DEN DEN, DON DEN DEN, DEN DON DEN DON DOOOON.

  • @TheGerkuman
    @TheGerkuman 5 років тому +7694

    An interesting note is that many of the tellings of the myth state that there's no-one there forcing Sisyphus to roll the boulder. He's choosing to do so out of pride. If he ever stops, the Gods win. So long as he keeps pushing, he'll never lose.

    • @damagedcanofbeans
      @damagedcanofbeans 2 роки тому +1248

      An ego that matches the gods

    • @IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle
      @IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle 2 роки тому +746

      I also heard another version where although he's not forced, Sisyphus is told that if he can successfully roll the boulder up the hill, he would be allowed to leave the underworld

    • @emberhermin52
      @emberhermin52 Рік тому +82

      So is he really being tortured?

    • @gossipqueen1013
      @gossipqueen1013 Рік тому +450

      @@emberhermin52 no by the of sisphus he has alot of pride and he's always shared to outsmart the gods. Him stopping is letting the gods win and even now. He's not being tortured at all but he's choosing to do it to prove a point to the gods. Like they said once he stops the gods win.

    • @yahiakoptan6943
      @yahiakoptan6943 Рік тому +12

      Yeah that is the version I know as well

  • @tankinator451
    @tankinator451 5 років тому +11968

    Sisyphus: Tricks some gods to avoid death, slightly bruising their egos.
    The gods: "Alright, you've earned yourself an eternity of torture"

    • @ozzyomega8674
      @ozzyomega8674 4 роки тому +711

      Yeah, the greek gods are jerks, but Sysyphus did deserved to be punish, the guy was a serial killer.

    • @ayrtonbarmecide4912
      @ayrtonbarmecide4912 4 роки тому +111

      Exact same as the Abrahamic god lol

    • @bladnik1
      @bladnik1 4 роки тому +3

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    • @JohnnytNatural
      @JohnnytNatural 4 роки тому +159

      Why did he kill his visitors giving him gifts. Rulers back then were jerks

    • @idontneedaname318
      @idontneedaname318 4 роки тому +28

      in somw versions the main reason is cuz he killed visitors

  • @Jantonov1
    @Jantonov1 2 роки тому +776

    That was a really beautiful touch at the end. To have Sisyphus smiling to Zeus' shock. GIves me hope!

    • @thienchi1157
      @thienchi1157 Рік тому +3

      Way to go Jason

    • @ssahnkim1703
      @ssahnkim1703 8 місяців тому

      didnt watch the vid yet but he knocked thanatos, god of peaceful death unconscious, and made work for hades, prob the second best major god there is, so he isnt great in my books
      i suppose we all have out opinions, haha

  • @bwalimniad
    @bwalimniad 10 місяців тому +1813

    Love the part where sissyphus says "I am the wait of the world, weapon".

    • @personname-fw9jq
      @personname-fw9jq 9 місяців тому +121

      this prison, to hold me?

    • @ashtern5675
      @ashtern5675 9 місяців тому +77

      ⁠indeed, I have slept long enough.

    • @Cxsanova
      @Cxsanova 9 місяців тому +58

      The kingdom of heaven has long since forgotten my name, and I am EAGER to make them remember

    • @wawadisk
      @wawadisk 9 місяців тому +48

      ​@@CxsanovaHowever, the blood of Minos stains your hands, and I must admit… I'm curious about your skills, Weapon.

    • @ToadCrabber
      @ToadCrabber 9 місяців тому +39

      @@wawadiskand so, before I tear down the cities and crush the armies of Heaven, you shall do as an appetizer.

  • @tobias9790
    @tobias9790 4 роки тому +12022

    Sisyphus was pretty much smarter than the gods, they just had more power.

    • @fuwa1276
      @fuwa1276 4 роки тому +176

      Tobias Samuel True lol this comment is underrated

    • @alfred0621
      @alfred0621 4 роки тому +160

      Power is power

    • @specialise3305
      @specialise3305 4 роки тому +45

      @@alfred0621 cersei huh?

    • @thecrownprince888
      @thecrownprince888 4 роки тому +202

      @@specialise3305 man these ancient gods are quite funny tricked by a human lol

    • @specialise3305
      @specialise3305 4 роки тому +72

      @@thecrownprince888 thats because these gods cant keep it in their pants😂

  • @dearluciella5032
    @dearluciella5032 5 років тому +5450

    "Battle no longer fun"
    Sure, Ares... 😑

    • @froggdoggs8551
      @froggdoggs8551 4 роки тому +231

      he likes the death and bloody murder part of battle

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 роки тому +164

      "Why they don't die!? WTF!" "Something might had happened to Thanatos"
      Hey, Thanatos chained would result child mortality btw

    • @sanstheskeleton679
      @sanstheskeleton679 4 роки тому +34

      @Jack Hubbard
      But if they never die, it's just a neverending stalemate

    • @sanstheskeleton679
      @sanstheskeleton679 4 роки тому +13

      @Jack Hubbard
      I was actually talking about Ares' situation where there was basically no bloodshed
      I'm pretty sure even Khorne would be disappointed with battles like those

    • @fuwa1276
      @fuwa1276 4 роки тому +7

      Sans the Skeleton An opponent that just doesn't dies no matter how much I try to kill them..... Yup, seems pretty boring and frustrating XD

  • @fabianprocruzpeo8289
    @fabianprocruzpeo8289 Рік тому +292

    "Ah, a visitor, indeed. Ive sleep long enough" -sisyphus

    • @Chanta933
      @Chanta933 11 місяців тому +17

      The kingdom of heaven has long since forgotten my name

    • @fabianprocruzpeo8289
      @fabianprocruzpeo8289 11 місяців тому +11

      @@Chanta933 and I am EAGER to make them remember.

    • @bloodArcher
      @bloodArcher 11 місяців тому +10

      However the blood of Minos state your hands imus admin i'm curious about your skill! Weapon!?

    • @fabianprocruzpeo8289
      @fabianprocruzpeo8289 11 місяців тому +9

      And so, before I tear down the cities, and crush the armies of Heaven... you, shall do as an appetizer

    • @bridanthegamer7746
      @bridanthegamer7746 11 місяців тому

      Come forth child of Man…And DIE!

  • @smash7pontos179
    @smash7pontos179 Рік тому +93

    You missed the part where he fights a blue sentient nikkon.

  • @medexamtoolsdotcom
    @medexamtoolsdotcom 5 років тому +2913

    My 11th grade English teacher misread it as "syphilis" long ago. That was one of the best memories from that year, him telling us all about the myth of syphilis.

    • @vickymason4393
      @vickymason4393 Рік тому +101

      And this kids is how you get syphilis 🤣🤣🤣

    • @MrCat-hu7ry
      @MrCat-hu7ry Рік тому +93

      Syphilis complained to Persephone that his wife makes fun of his pp.

    • @Potatochip-sw5ur
      @Potatochip-sw5ur 9 місяців тому +5

      You almost made me choke on my tea lol nice one

    • @zk-vd6uy
      @zk-vd6uy 9 місяців тому +4

      ​@@Potatochip-sw5uroh I love Chai tea

    • @santini1224434
      @santini1224434 9 місяців тому +17

      ​@@zk-vd6uyWHAT DID YOU SAAAAAAY????? CHAI MEANS TEA BRO, YOURE SAYING TEA TEA

  • @ginnyweasley5812
    @ginnyweasley5812 4 роки тому +4869

    The animation where Cerebrus is playing with the woollen ball made my day😂😂😂

  • @koenvdk9486
    @koenvdk9486 Рік тому +257

    I like Stephen fry’s telling, in which he implies that Sisiphus had a choice between the Elysium (haven of some sorts) or bring a boulder to the top of the mountain, and then he could be immortal and king of man. So Sisiphus chose the bring the boulder to the top of the mountain. What makes this interesting is that Sisiphus really thinks he can do this, and each time he fails he doesn’t care: he just keeps going thinking that, one day, he might just make it.
    It tells a tale about human never ending optimism, even when you might as well give up.

    • @hyperx72
      @hyperx72 Рік тому +15

      And in a funny coincidence, a modern game uses Sisyphus with the same voice actor as the narrator for Disco Elysium...

    • @vlcallmeprince-x6032
      @vlcallmeprince-x6032 7 місяців тому +7

      The Indomitable human spirit

  • @MagicIllusion808
    @MagicIllusion808 9 місяців тому +14

    one must imagine sisyphus happy

  • @anonymouscausewhynot
    @anonymouscausewhynot 3 роки тому +1228

    Ares: No one is dying! Battles are no fun...
    Everyone else: Wtf, Ares!?

    • @evanytgaming1986
      @evanytgaming1986 3 роки тому +61

      He also cried about it and athena helps him and comforts him lol

    • @Vissorilio
      @Vissorilio 2 роки тому +9

      Wdym he is the god of war. I mean all the gods were a holes

    • @Vissorilio
      @Vissorilio 2 роки тому +10

      They didn't really have the brightest morals.

    • @treehugger0241
      @treehugger0241 2 роки тому +31

      To be fair, if I was mortally wounded in battle I'd probably wish for death too, being in that much pain.

    • @markdaniel9657
      @markdaniel9657 2 роки тому +9

      To be fair, it's not fun if there are no stakes to it

  • @adman4150
    @adman4150 4 роки тому +10161

    "Who seduced his niece"
    *SWEET HOME ALABAMA*

    • @OliverOcelot29
      @OliverOcelot29 4 роки тому +159

      hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah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    • @bornstar481
      @bornstar481 4 роки тому +87

      bruh moment bruh moment

    • @trannosaursrexrex8711
      @trannosaursrexrex8711 4 роки тому +24

      I’m coming home to you

    • @a3g1s84
      @a3g1s84 4 роки тому +40

      **Where the skies are blue**

    • @ohsehun6470
      @ohsehun6470 4 роки тому +59

      what are you doing uncle

  • @hambur69
    @hambur69 9 місяців тому +30

    And he never regret a SECOND OF it!

  • @MrSMLEWeeb
    @MrSMLEWeeb Рік тому +93

    *KEEP 'EM COMING!*

  • @christophermoltisanti2803
    @christophermoltisanti2803 5 років тому +1632

    "The key is imagining that Sisyphus is happy doing it."

    • @pandoratheclay
      @pandoratheclay 5 років тому +4

      Jim Power
      What?

    • @David-jn1gg
      @David-jn1gg 5 років тому +62

      He means that we should pretend that we should pretend we are happy in our endless search of truth and meaning

    • @colinguan7626
      @colinguan7626 5 років тому +183

      @@pandoratheclay "The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy." -from Camus' essay.

    • @necromancer2367
      @necromancer2367 4 роки тому +119

      It's his workout routine. Just imagine the gainz 💪

    • @ysmii3486
      @ysmii3486 4 роки тому +6

      @@necromancer2367 lmfaooo

  • @enigmaedits1559
    @enigmaedits1559 4 роки тому +897

    2:49 that backwards leaving bow was hilarious

    • @sakanablesakanable
      @sakanablesakanable 4 роки тому +31

      Yeah! it reminds me of the british apologizing guy in Family Guy

    • @bobbadobidob9624
      @bobbadobidob9624 2 роки тому +10

      @@sakanablesakanable it reminds me of amy awkwardly bowing down to holt after the painting incident

  • @justzack641
    @justzack641 Рік тому +58

    This video?
    To hold my attention?
    Yes, that's it.

    • @ultrite2696
      @ultrite2696 28 днів тому +1

      A viewer? Indeed, I have been rendering long enough.

  • @VTPPGLVR
    @VTPPGLVR 4 роки тому +1666

    When I was a kid (and after I learned about erosion,) I always wondered why Sisyphus couldn’t have spent part of the eternity chewing and consuming the rock and then just walking to the top of the mountain.

    • @emberhermin52
      @emberhermin52 Рік тому

      You were a weird kid

    • @chennancy8822
      @chennancy8822 Рік тому +65

      Well, the point was to push the boulder up.

    • @Gusenichka925
      @Gusenichka925 Рік тому +317

      @@chennancy8822 eat it up til its not heavy and push it up. Problem?

    • @Obzornor
      @Obzornor Рік тому +77

      For me, i thought why couldnt he just bulked up

    • @rubenvergouwen1280
      @rubenvergouwen1280 Рік тому +170

      There's clearly some kind of magic preventing the boulder from reaching the top, so it would probably just cause Sisyphus himself to be unable to reach the top

  • @aadivrath2407
    @aadivrath2407 5 років тому +4589

    *Fun Fact:*
    A Sisyphean Task is one that is extremely repetitive and has seemingly no end.
    _Making a bug free computer programme is a Sisyphean Task._

    • @lordsaladinns5973
      @lordsaladinns5973 5 років тому +149

      Doing homework is also a
      Sisyphean task

    • @ZaxorVonSkyler
      @ZaxorVonSkyler 5 років тому +56

      @@lordsaladinns5973 Doing any work tbh.

    • @Subcosmos
      @Subcosmos 5 років тому +1

      Socratic Seminar

    • @burboq
      @burboq 5 років тому +27

      Fun Fact:
      A Sisyphean Task is one that is extremely repetitive and has seemingly no end
      Doing laundry is a Sisyphean Task.

    • @lordsaladinns5973
      @lordsaladinns5973 5 років тому +8

      Another Sisyphean task is waking up at 3:00 AM to the god awful task of cleaning a pets “waste”

  • @woetjehhindriks2735
    @woetjehhindriks2735 Рік тому +58

    Camus ended his essay on the Myth of Sisyphus with the following words:
    “The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”

    • @MasonOfLife
      @MasonOfLife 7 місяців тому

      Wouldn’t be enough for me

  • @cringe_crimson9469
    @cringe_crimson9469 Рік тому +66

    you forgot the part where he fought a camera with a revolver and 10 cents

  • @noobass7610
    @noobass7610 3 роки тому +672

    "One must imagine Sisyphus happy."- Albert Camus

    • @ironflazambat5815
      @ironflazambat5815 2 роки тому +54

      Pretty genius of him to write possibly his most important work and tie it into the ever-enduring Greek mythology, making his work more relevant than the original myth, yet almost always associated with it. Camus is the best.

    • @yehudatheodoros6547
      @yehudatheodoros6547 Рік тому +11

      @@ironflazambat5815 yeah that was a perfect move. That line with all his context is also so impactful to me and the myth helps with that

    • @derpien00b73
      @derpien00b73 8 місяців тому

      Do I have permission to ruin this comment’s reply section?

    • @WMFM
      @WMFM 7 місяців тому

      One must imagine Sisyphus sweaty balls

  • @AMcGrath82
    @AMcGrath82 5 років тому +1901

    Thanks for this one! Seems awfully familiar in this day and age.

    • @realsandeep
      @realsandeep 5 років тому

      Alexander McGrath
      Did you watch the movie 'Triangle'? This is it.

    • @edwardkumarkenway1875
      @edwardkumarkenway1875 5 років тому

      @@realsandeep humko vi thoda suggest kar de bhai movies

    • @watchmychannelorelse
      @watchmychannelorelse Рік тому

      yeah ikr, i spend half of my day pushing rocks bro

  • @coolman5268
    @coolman5268 9 місяців тому +64

    basically what zeus told to sisyphus was: *YOU CANT ESCAPE* and *BE GONE*

  • @Smart-fella9
    @Smart-fella9 10 місяців тому +17

    “YOU CANT ESCAPE”
    -Sisyphus prime

  • @setyyppisuomesta8448
    @setyyppisuomesta8448 5 років тому +3620

    Why do Greek gods like cruel punishments? Do they have a kink for that?

    • @aohbmaeid
      @aohbmaeid 5 років тому +545

      The Greek Gods were invented by the Greeks so... maybe the Greeks had a kink for that?

    • @setyyppisuomesta8448
      @setyyppisuomesta8448 5 років тому +104

      Interesting, that could be the answer..

    • @xtxpxhx
      @xtxpxhx 5 років тому +142

      They were meant to preserve an order in a very different world from us

    • @animeisdope5264
      @animeisdope5264 5 років тому +41

      SeTyyppiSuomesta oh gosh if gods were to be kinky like that then the world might as well be over

    • @209tapia
      @209tapia 5 років тому +107

      What better way to educate the populace then by making a story about humans and gods analogous to an important lesson so that the masses might listen and behave orderly.

  • @taulani7598
    @taulani7598 4 роки тому +186

    thanatos: *captures sisyphus*
    sisyphus: i'm gonna do whats called a pro gamer move

  • @texasstyle5315
    @texasstyle5315 Рік тому +21

    THIS WILL HURT

  • @EmberOldAccount
    @EmberOldAccount Рік тому +27

    "You can't escape!"

  • @SciencewithKatie
    @SciencewithKatie 5 років тому +2545

    Learning about Greek mythology is my fav 💛🇬🇷

    • @yahyaarnaout3722
      @yahyaarnaout3722 5 років тому +1

      THE MEANING OF LIFE!
      ua-cam.com/video/7d16CpWp-ok/v-deo.html
      MUSLIM SPOKEN WORD | HD

    • @srijayr.9090
      @srijayr.9090 5 років тому +11

      Remeber ya from Pewdiepie Videos. Good videos

    • @marios6147
      @marios6147 5 років тому +7

      As a Greek i can confirm!

    • @gxashxg299
      @gxashxg299 5 років тому +3

      I recommend reading persues mythology story and also medeas thay are my fav.

    • @ericcl5313
      @ericcl5313 5 років тому +1

      Wow your channel has grown Katie! Good for you

  • @die_lerche6292
    @die_lerche6292 4 роки тому +418

    I really like the point that Sisyphus is the winner - even in his punishment - just because he KNOWS, that he can never finish his task and is kind of stuck in his punishment. In some strange mythological way he still is untouchable and immortal. And because he knows that the rock will always roll down, he can go after his task quite relaxed. Or stoic, to build a bridge to another great TEDed-video

    • @megawolfr1986
      @megawolfr1986 9 місяців тому +36

      I've just read that depending on translation, he isn't forced to roll the rock up the hill. Meaning that the gods give him an impossible task, and he chooses to keeping doing it just to spite them.

    • @themagiccookie2614
      @themagiccookie2614 7 місяців тому

      Or lead an insurgency against the abrahamic heaven after gods dissapearence.

  • @V3_Ultrakill
    @V3_Ultrakill 10 місяців тому +38

    Sisyphus really said you shall do as an appetizer to his niece and now she can’t escape

    • @justwantaname.
      @justwantaname. 9 місяців тому +4

      she really was destroyed. while doing this he was probably thinking "this will hurt"

    • @RlingCap-uk6rk
      @RlingCap-uk6rk 5 місяців тому

      Zeus really told him to be gone!

    • @captainnomekop5056
      @captainnomekop5056 3 місяці тому

      *He really Kept ‘Em Coming…*

  • @KnakuanaRka
    @KnakuanaRka 5 років тому +224

    Minor error in that intro sentence: the “having an eagle eat one’s liver” punishment was for the Titan Prometheus, not a mortal.

    • @pinelasefa4995
      @pinelasefa4995 4 роки тому +4

      K1naku5ana3R1ka no there was two of them after one mortal tried to kill Leto they punished him

  • @uzairakram899
    @uzairakram899 4 роки тому +416

    1:07 sounds like "carrying her away in the form of a massive e-girl"

  • @Hammerman305
    @Hammerman305 Рік тому +51

    ULTRAKILL fans when they see one of the real versions of the games characters.

    • @ultrite2696
      @ultrite2696 28 днів тому

      Like jojo fans when they discover tarot cards

  • @livingtoaster
    @livingtoaster 9 місяців тому +89

    this is truly the world that was waited for.

  • @helloimme9198
    @helloimme9198 4 роки тому +263

    1:48
    Thanatos: I should have gone for the head

    • @itzraintoggle6947
      @itzraintoggle6947 3 роки тому +2

      1:52 ? Or was that the actuall number you were talking about?

  • @cassieang1601
    @cassieang1601 4 роки тому +202

    Why is his stomach still so big when he had been rolling a rock for all eternity

    • @akuljamwal3085
      @akuljamwal3085 4 роки тому +21

      Because net work done= 0 when the rock rolls back down

    • @ashutoshbajpai3
      @ashutoshbajpai3 4 роки тому +9

      @@akuljamwal3085 not work but net velocity is zero

    • @akuljamwal3085
      @akuljamwal3085 4 роки тому +5

      @@ashutoshbajpai3 NEEEERD! :D

    • @nafrost2787
      @nafrost2787 4 роки тому +5

      Also he isn't gaining energy when the boulder rolls down, the gravitational potential energy is converted to the kinetic energy of the boulder and then to heat on impact, the energy doesn't go back to Sisyphus.
      Edit: work equals the change of kinetic energy so I guess the net work on the boulder is 0, but again that energy doesn't go back to Sisyphus.

    • @nafrost2787
      @nafrost2787 3 роки тому

      @@RaindropCantabileI said that on the edit.
      The net work on the boulder is 0 when it stops on the bottom of the hill (after falling again from the top). But when the boulder starts falling, the energy doesn't go back to Sisyphus, so he is doing a net work, and therefore loosing energy.

  • @VVVV___VVVV
    @VVVV___VVVV Рік тому +20

    “*THIS WILL HURT*”

  • @Caramelsomething
    @Caramelsomething Рік тому +553

    I love this video so much, it’s the *prime* of entertainment on UA-cam, it’s frees me of my guilt and sadness and makes me ask why this mortal *prison holds me* . Whenever this video *visits* my recommended i *indeed* click on it. I can’t *sleep long enough* without this video. It makes me ascend to the *kingdom of heaven* and makes me *forget my name* . And I never *remember* it, no matter how *eager* I am. Whenever I see this my *blood starts staining my hands* . And I become *curious about my skills* , even if I’m a mere *weapon* . It makes me question if I can *tear down cities* and *crush heavenly armies* . This video always does as an amazing *appetizer* to those questions. Even though I am a *child of man* this video makes me see past the times when I *die* . Whenever I watch this video I see the answers to the greatest questions of man and I go *”yes, that’s it!”* . All my greatest problems are *gone* as I *destroy* them. No matter how much *this will hurt* when I watch this video I *can’t escape* that feeling. This video is still so great I want it to always *keep ‘em coming* and even when I fail I pat myself on the back and say *nice try* . And when this video ends I always say *so ends the times of this video* , *a fitting end, to a video definied by futile struggle* , *it’s runtime doomed from the start* , *and I don’t regret a second of it* . Then I *manically laugh* , thank you Ted-Ed, and thank you *Sisyphus* .

    • @genokugel
      @genokugel Рік тому +49

      Based comment

    • @Michaelqwerp
      @Michaelqwerp Рік тому +74

      Hardest comment in the comment section

    • @genokugel
      @genokugel Рік тому +36

      FR this comment goes as hard as Sisyphus' boulder

    • @n0kla
      @n0kla Рік тому +35

      this deserves to be a copypasta

    • @jozco_158
      @jozco_158 Рік тому +7

      i agree

  • @rafaela1787
    @rafaela1787 5 років тому +119

    When you're from Greece and realise that you learn more on UA-cam about Greek mythology than what you learnt at school..

  • @ps3_335
    @ps3_335 Рік тому +20

    "This prison... to hold... ME?"

    • @user-jg6zg1sq2z
      @user-jg6zg1sq2z 12 годин тому

      “A visitor? Indeed. I have slept long enough”

  • @symetriam6211
    @symetriam6211 Рік тому +81

    This prison..
    to hold..
    ME?

    • @lolkekchebureck3324
      @lolkekchebureck3324 Рік тому +22

      A visitor? Hmm... Indeed.

    • @touchgrass7129
      @touchgrass7129 Рік тому +19

      @@lolkekchebureck3324 The kingdom of Heaven has long since forgotten my name, and I am eager to make them remember!

    • @user-hi3cw6vc9j
      @user-hi3cw6vc9j Рік тому +9

      BE GONE

    • @brendenstoychest
      @brendenstoychest Рік тому +17

      However, the blood of Minos stains your hands, and I must admit, I'm curious about your skills, Weapon.

    • @joshuagrahammoment4646
      @joshuagrahammoment4646 Рік тому +8

      And so, before I tear down the cities, and crush the armies of heaven, you shall do as an appetizer.

  • @lordcypher5889
    @lordcypher5889 3 роки тому +111

    I would like it to be known, Thanatos was tricked simply because he was a nice guy and wanted to help out. (He’s always seen as a good god and his touch of death was actually said to be very comforting)

    • @freshrimp9013
      @freshrimp9013 Рік тому +11

      Yeh, Thanatos just a pretty cool dude, now the Keres on the other hand lol

  • @hayley6094
    @hayley6094 5 років тому +75

    In one version of the story, Sisyphus escapes death with his second attempt (because Thanatos is too scared to collect him again) so he lives a long life. But of course, he eventually dies of old age and goes to the Underworld anyway. This version emphasizes that even if you do escape the gods for a little while, you'll never be able to do it forever.

  • @sampletext5959
    @sampletext5959 Рік тому +21

    “This video… to hold… ME?”

    • @user-jg6zg1sq2z
      @user-jg6zg1sq2z 12 годин тому

      “A viewer? Hmm indeed, I’ve been demonetized long enough. The algorithm of UA-cam has long since deleted my account and I am EAGER to make them unban it.”

  • @lolkekchebureck3324
    @lolkekchebureck3324 Рік тому +25

    Ultrakill REFERENCE WTFFFFF

  • @gustialt
    @gustialt 5 років тому +376

    I just finished Henry VIII and now new video. I'm blessed

  • @mohammedrumaan2704
    @mohammedrumaan2704 5 років тому +566

    I absolutely love this playlist.
    Hoping for new episode soon.
    Keep it up TED Ed.

  • @pc_gamer2231
    @pc_gamer2231 9 місяців тому +13

    One must imagine sisyphus at his prime

  • @penguinchess
    @penguinchess Рік тому +16

    2:32 him creating a ball for Cerberus was surprisingly wholesome :)

  • @scyllajk2757
    @scyllajk2757 Рік тому +22

    "One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

  • @YummyUraniun69
    @YummyUraniun69 8 місяців тому +6

    One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

  • @arg.
    @arg. 9 місяців тому +14

    one must imagine sisyphus ballin'

  • @domonkosrevay9423
    @domonkosrevay9423 Рік тому +24

    "KEEP 'EM COMING"

  • @tanwirnory1468
    @tanwirnory1468 9 місяців тому +10

    One must imagine Sysiphus happy

  • @pufferfishnuggets789
    @pufferfishnuggets789 Рік тому +11

    Oh my God, it's the guy from Ultrakill! The Coin Tossing Blue GoPro solos ❤

  • @mikekelly9668
    @mikekelly9668 5 років тому +247

    For the longest time I pitied this character because of his punishment, but now I’m realizing he was a bit of a terrible king.

    • @karpathian_slaw7928
      @karpathian_slaw7928 5 років тому +79

      Mike Kelly whilst this is very true it's not like the Greek gods were exactly paragon of righteous behaviour. Zeus literally punished sisyphus because he told the father of the girl he had abducted where he had taken her.

    • @emilydchen
      @emilydchen 4 роки тому

      A bit huh...

  • @applejuice281
    @applejuice281 Рік тому +70

    KEEP EM COMING!

  • @dementry.
    @dementry. 9 місяців тому +10

    One must imagine Sisyphus happy

  • @civilsecuritylite12054
    @civilsecuritylite12054 5 років тому +296

    This guy escaped death more times than Kratos ever did.

    • @kleozane2781
      @kleozane2781 4 роки тому +7

      Civil Security Lite 12054 Death escapes from Kratos

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 роки тому +2

      @@kleozane2781 It is not Kratos who escaped death it was death that tried to escape Kratos

  • @Cat-gm1gh
    @Cat-gm1gh 11 місяців тому +15

    Woah, it's the guy from ULTRAKILL!

  • @DOG_EATER_1887
    @DOG_EATER_1887 Рік тому +39

    I can imagine some guy who doesn't know ultrakill just reading all these comments and thinking "wtf?"

    • @Tanzim12
      @Tanzim12 17 днів тому

      And yes I am that guy and no I am not thinking that, I am thinking they're just some video gamer nerd

  • @SGT_Squid_Dog
    @SGT_Squid_Dog 8 місяців тому +21

    "And thus concludes the life and times of King Sisyphus. A fitting end to an existence defined by futile struggle, doomed from the very start. And I don't regret a second of it."
    -Sisyphus, 2023

    • @alpine8590
      @alpine8590 6 місяців тому +5

      One of the only comments that manages to balance the serious with the story of a vampiric blue camera

  • @cup_check_official
    @cup_check_official 5 років тому +842

    I thought the title said "The myth of syphilis"

    • @riddhidey8687
      @riddhidey8687 5 років тому +2

      OMG LOL

    • @karthikg8144
      @karthikg8144 5 років тому +1

      Ikr!😅

    • @kokuinomusume
      @kokuinomusume 5 років тому +4

      Well, there is one of sorts for that. Syphilus was a shepherd character in a science poem from the Renaissance about this new disease. nyamcenterforhistory.org/2013/04/19/syphilis-or-the-french-disease/

    • @chinareds54
      @chinareds54 5 років тому +3

      I thought it said "The math of Sisyphus" :p

    • @1996Pinocchio
      @1996Pinocchio 5 років тому +2

      I'm sorry that's no myth :s

  • @thanoscarthanoscar219
    @thanoscarthanoscar219 7 місяців тому +15

    I don’t remember where I read this, but I like to think Sisyphus takes a handful of a mountain with him every time he gets closer to the top, and brings it to the base. Until one day, the mountain will be but a simple hill to roll the boulder across, outsmarting the gods one last time.

  • @chanlok2799
    @chanlok2799 9 місяців тому +7

    One must imagine sisyphus happy...

  • @DubTurd
    @DubTurd 5 років тому +319

    One must imagine Sisyphus happy. - Albert Camus
    Edit: Frankl's book is my favourite book on existentialism. It's message is written clearly and concretely, opposed to Camus' very very abstract way of writing, although Camus didn't consider his essay as an 'existentialist work'.

    • @RashidMBey
      @RashidMBey 5 років тому +3

      Thank you for introducing me to someone. I never encountered Frankl before. 💙💙💙

    • @DubTurd
      @DubTurd 5 років тому +3

      @@RashidMBey Actually he is introduced at the end of the video! That's why I compared his work to that of Camus' ;)

    • @KruzerOak
      @KruzerOak 5 років тому +4

      Man, Camus is such a great philosopher.

    • @TuanNguyen-ko9wz
      @TuanNguyen-ko9wz 5 років тому +13

      Camus didn't even consider himself a philosopher. More like a cool writer.

    • @KruzerOak
      @KruzerOak 5 років тому +2

      @@TuanNguyen-ko9wz Yeah, that's true, but nevertheless he is considered a key philosopher in absurdism.

  • @nazrullaxonovsaidazamxon8465
    @nazrullaxonovsaidazamxon8465 9 місяців тому +11

    One must imagine sisyphus oiled up

  • @cornshielda
    @cornshielda 9 місяців тому +71

    Sisyphus was truly in his *prime* but not in a good way. Even though his punishment was bad, he was always a *child of man* . i would never thought of the gods just going " *begone* " and *destroy* him and his hopes like that. If someone were to wait for Sisyphus to be done it would be *the wait of the world* .

    • @basil_gamin
      @basil_gamin 9 місяців тому +11

      I’m not gonna sugarcoat it -F

    • @aestronom1920
      @aestronom1920 5 місяців тому

      @@someonedotexehowever, the blood of minos stains your hands, and i am curious about your skills, weapon.

  • @JeffJonesEthx
    @JeffJonesEthx 4 роки тому +75

    Mans Search for Meaning was a life-changing book for me. It is very clever to offer it as a source of direction after putting forth the assertion that all of life is ultimately meaningless.

  • @decommissionedunitnanotech2265
    @decommissionedunitnanotech2265 4 роки тому +55

    Thanatos: I'm going to imprison you
    Sisyphus: *Uno Revers-*
    Thanatos: I don't think that would be necessary

  • @Minos-gaming______dylanjam5737
    @Minos-gaming______dylanjam5737 Рік тому +18

    THIS PRISON TO HOLD ME

  • @benadryl9213
    @benadryl9213 9 місяців тому +7

    His gains must be legendary

  • @jfgamer76
    @jfgamer76 Рік тому +16

    oh... a visitor

  • @nabasree
    @nabasree 5 років тому +288

    Ted ed your videos are really informative and interesting especially the graphics❤

  • @KiiXii
    @KiiXii Рік тому +17

    This boulder… to hold… ME?

  • @mambodog5322
    @mambodog5322 5 років тому +58

    1:52
    *_Top 10 people who could defeat Thanatos (even with the infinity gauntlet) in seconds._*

  • @bigmannn2443
    @bigmannn2443 9 місяців тому +184

    It's truly unbelievable how Ultrakill became so popular that they based an entire myth off of one of the bosses.

  • @nastygumbo8426
    @nastygumbo8426 10 місяців тому +16

    A ted-ed video, to hold, ME?

  • @genokugel
    @genokugel Рік тому +60

    THIS PRISON... TO HOLD ME?!

    • @espoff6045
      @espoff6045 9 місяців тому

      A visitor! Indeed, I have slept long enough.

    • @FritzLeAngel
      @FritzLeAngel 9 місяців тому

      ​@@espoff6045The kingdom kf heaven has long since forgotten my name... And i am *_EAGER_* to make them remember.

    • @dunerite7064
      @dunerite7064 9 місяців тому

      @@FritzLeAngelHowever… The blood of Minos stains your hands, and I must admit… I am curious about your skills, Weapon…

    • @AverageCharcoal
      @AverageCharcoal 9 місяців тому

      ​@@dunerite7064And so, before I tear down the cities and crush the armies of heaven..

    • @Shad_Amon
      @Shad_Amon 9 місяців тому

      You shall do as an appetiser.....come forth child of man

  • @onemorebreak4792
    @onemorebreak4792 4 роки тому +48

    Fun fact; Some say that when Orpheus went to the underworld he was playing such sweet melody with his lyre that made all the god's punishments stop for the seconds he was passing by. One of them was the Sisyphus punishment.

    • @hedgehogsx2396
      @hedgehogsx2396 Рік тому +13

      Do you think he was already close to the top when Orpheus came by, then with one last second push, Sisyphus got it to the top at last?

    • @ThisIsArty
      @ThisIsArty 5 місяців тому +1

      i like to imagine that sisyphus simply kept rolling the boulder regardless

  • @theenglishnerd9047
    @theenglishnerd9047 Рік тому +323

    Ultrakill moment

  • @amhumanperson3592
    @amhumanperson3592 9 місяців тому +17

    One must imagine Sisyphus happy..

  • @midtmarc
    @midtmarc 9 місяців тому +8

    One must imagine sisyphus happy

  • @Christmasboy522
    @Christmasboy522 4 роки тому +48

    They see me rollin', they hatin' 😂