I love how good Skyrim’s background music goes with the tone of this video

I just realized thats skyrim music in the background

Great video! A small little point left out is that Sisyphus angered the gods even more because he scorned them when he rolled the boulder up the hill. He did it with joy and when the boulder rolled down the hill he would happily go and get it.

I've always loved the story of Sisyphus, you've got to see it from the rocks point of view

Alwayz being hungry, thirsty and in constant fear that life (a figurative boulder) is gonna come crashing down on me? I can definitely relate 😂

One must imagine Sysiphus happy...

Never heard the part about the Boulder with Tantalus!

I really admire Sisyphus' wit, and I don't believe for one second that he's actually pushing that boulder at all.

Interesting - I also heard that Sisyphus was told that if he could roll the boulder to the top, a door out of Tartarus would appear, which is why he keeps trying, endlessly

My favorite semi-recent use of Sisyphus' name was in Zefrank's Sad Cat Diaries, where the angst-ridden cat pines for a better situation than his peaceable house, and says of himself, "Like Sisyphus, I am bound to hell."

I heard a version in which Sisyfus killed his guests, going against the rules of hospitality, rather than revealed a secret of Zues, and that's why Thanatos was sent.

Reminds me of dante's purgatory where those who exhibited gluttony would have a similar punishment of fruit just out of reach. Dante definitely took inspiration from legends of older cultures and this definitely shows that.

All I know is that you must imagine sysiphus as happy.

Sisyphus was a hero who got punished for snitching on Zeus, but he also added a river to his kingdom

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels, love the videos!

Didn't know Tantalus' punishment included a boulder too but good to know. Thanks, Myth!😋

Reminds me of my punishment as a kid when mom made me fetch pails of water from the pond just to spill it down the drain as I reached home. This repeated about 5 times until I swore never to waste water again.

Love the Skyrim music in the background

being a freelance illustrator, i have tasted both Tantalus's and Sisypus's punisments, albeit not perpetual. Some clients keep postponing to pay me indefinitely with false promises, although I have finished their projects months ago. (Tantalus) Some other clients keep changing the briefs and send revision notes so that some projects keeps moving away from being completed. (Sisypus)

I live in Honolulu. There's a part of the city called Tantalus, its a bunch of amazing mansions on a mountainside. I'm now certain that the decision to name it Tantalus was deliberate. Its one of these places where you see it and you dream of living there while knowing that you never will.

Albert Camus, the French absurdist philosopher, wrote a short essay (maybe 2 pages) on Myth of Sisyphus that has really stuck with me since high school. It's very insightful for those interested The TLDR is Camus imagines Sisyphus's last great insult to the gods is to not be tormented by his impossible task by enjoying the absurdity of the whole situation (I didn't do the essay justice, just read it! Lol)

Syphilis- the man with the ultimate plan, and bad itch

I have always thought that Sisyphus torment was like hell, until i heard that Sisyphus would love to carry the boulder and let it slip, since he would challenge the gods forever

The choice of background music was spot on here 👍🏻 love hearing all the stories from mythology.

I love your voice it’s so calming so soothing so mesmerizing

That skyrim bgm is spot on.

Just wanted to say I love this channel. I exercise alot because of my health but for the same reason it gets rather painful at times and between the interesting subject matter and soothing voice these videos help me zone out while I listen to them. Keep up the great and work and thank you for your content.

the Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus Is a very weird little book

Another good video from you man, keep it up!

This may be the best channel on youtube. Subbed!

I always have undergone and still undergo these two so greatly harrowing struggles ,the Sisyphean struggle and the Tantalean struggle and am utterly wrecked and forlorn...

Absolutely wonderful! Liked and subbed.

First could you cover the difference between norse laws of mythology and the Greek laws of mythology

1:40 this Retribution sounds like the Hungry Ghost realm of Buddhism.

I have just now found your videos and am enjoying them immensely. Thank you!

Ah a nother great video as always and thank you 😃

Thanks for your video. I first encoutered the story of sisyphus as a Child in an sci-fi cartoon adaptation called Ulisses2000. This metaphor for poitnless endeavor stayd with me ever since and has also accured tome as a sad aspect of life itself.

Thanx for uploading. Keep the good doing

Am I the only one who read Syphilis

Excellent story of warnings! Love it!

I love your videos about different mythologies. I was wondering if you were ever going to do Arthurian Mythology?

I'm so glad I found this channel

That's Skyrim music in the background. I've spent so long on that game I can recognise even the music.

I watch these videos not because of the interesting things i learn here but rather i find the narrator's voice comforting and smooth

Love these videos!

never heard this one but i'm glad that you told it. thanks. need more from you.

I love how we get so many words from these stories and from Ancient Greece, I never knew this is where "Tantalise" came from. :3

This was really interesting ... more of stuff that I missed in High School. It’s kind of cool learning the stuff that was obviously overlooked.

The skyrim music in the background 😩

Tantalus remains me of King Midas in the respect's to having food & water so close, yet so fare away. Sisyphus remains me of when Tyr tricked Fenris into putting some chain on. Cool vid by the way 😊👍💜

The book ,"the pearl" also shows of endless problems ,morphing from solutions being short lived.

I always equate the tedium of keeping ahead of obsolescence in technology to Sissyphus rolling the Boulder up the hill. It's never ending and ultimately pointless.

I love learning the mythological history of some words we still use today. And I'm so glad we still use them. I was aware of tantalise, obviously, but not sisyphian. Going to start using it 😎 lol

You should do more of these! The horrid punishments are so interesting and creative

Thanks for the advice I intend to follow it

I've been seeking for this channel my whole life

great,brilliant, superb choice of background song I must say

Well done!

Cool to remember again now❄️😎!

Super interesting

What's never explained in the myth of Sisyphus is what his motivation is for continuing to roll the boulder. Why doesn't he just say "Screw this" and go fishing?

Great Storytelling and illustrations! What do you have of Hestia, the Goddess of Hearth?

Excellent.

I love how you play the skyrim soundtrack in the background ❤️❤️😍

Hah, I love that you used the music from skyrim..it fits so well!!!

I love the story of Tantalus especially as that's the reason given for the word tantalise

Sisyphos punishment is kind of a minimum wage jobs, you finish your shift just to have to start over the next day in an endless loop

I believe the worst punishment was for Prometheus. But for these two definitely the first of them.

Good job

I named one of my bicycles Sisyphus. Yep, I will ride every day to do it again tomorrow, for eternity. YAY!

And tantalus giving the gods his son as food is also an insult considering their story with their father Cronos

Is Damocles next?

Thank you.

Thank you

Sisyphus inspired me to turn his punishment into a fictional exercise for a webcomic I'm making. Imagine a race that takes pride in their superhuman strength. In schools, the statistics you achieve in gym class is measure of your work ethic and value. One of the exercises is identical to Sisyphus's punishment. Except you're required to roll the boulder up a hill, push it back down and do the whole process over and over until the time limit ends. It's something of a test of stamina when all is said and done. What do you think?

Wow that's a great story

Chicago had an unreleased album (well finally was released after decades) called Stone of Sisyphus.

I love the video, as well as the Skyrim music in the background 🤘🏾 the page is incredible. I've studied these myths since i was a kid and you've mentioned things that I never knew. It's awesome

*The punishment of tentacles and syphilis.*

Hmm... Not exactly sure why but this was in my recommended videos and I'm glad I took a second to watch. Interesting to see where it seems being "tantalized" and the warning "don't be a sissy" come from. Very cool. Just gained a new subscriber!

The Skyrim music is bringing back thoughts of the Daedric Princes and Aedra.

Nothing quite sets the mood for Greek (or any) mythology than a Skyrim soundtrack.

Phendrana drifts theme is much appreciated

I’ve heard of something like Tantalus’s punishment in Dante’s Purgatorio. People who were being cleansed of gluttony went through this (but they weren’t stuck in a pool of water).

An endless struggle,....sounds like my marriage.

good video

Love the skyrim soundtrack song in back..AWESOME!

We were rolling the rock up and it keeps rolling back down on us.

You should do a video on Koschei The Deathless: the lich who stuck his soul in a needle, which he stuck in an egg, which he stuck in a duck, which he stuck in a hare, which he stuck in a chest, and which he hid on an island that moves around that is filled with all sorts of creatures(like the Baba Yaga).

What are the words we still use to day and fantastic video I herd about someone having to push a bolder up a hill but I didn't know the name

The background music ❤️

The Story of Sisyphus is the tragedy of Peace. You may labor and pain for long stretches of peace and prosperity but you cannot end the depravity, death and war of mankind. No escape, not for mercy, pride or honor. Not even for the good of your people. Tantalus is the story of Temptation, obviously. The temptation to use great, arcane power for the supernatural benefit of "your people" -- and with haste! Arrogantly rushing toward the most direct solutions and answers despite the circumstances will yield collateral dmg. The hanging threat of the boulder is to represent the fear he should have felt when tunnel-visioned by "the solution"-- damn the consequences. It's also like using the powers of others with utter contempt for their own personage. It's cruel and shortsighted, whatever the outcome or intentions.

Ty for tes5 bgm

The story of sisyphus has hidden knowledge, that is that gravity is constant

After watching videos about divine punishments, I have to wonder how the Greeks would explain our modem governments.

I can't get no.... Dadadaaaa. Satisfaction dadadaaaa

Could you do one on Astraea?

These are my spirit gods, indeed... There is a boulder dangling over my head right now, in fact

I heard a version of the Sisyphus story where he locked Thanatos in a wardrobe, I can’t remember how he got him in there but I think he used Thanatos’s chains to lock him inside. (Funnily enough, I did actually lock my sister in a wardrobe once when I was little, the wardrobes had actual locks and keys and she was being annoying that afternoon. Don’t know why she got in there but I know she did so willingly. I let her out though because it creeped me out to potentially have her stuck in there banging and making noise to be let out. Thank goodness I was not punished in the manner that Sisyphus was for that!)

I don't really blame Sisyphus for revealing the secret he got in trouble for. When Zeus kidnapped a river nymph named Aegina in the form of an eagle, Aegina's father, a river god, followed their trail through Sisyphus's city to try and get his daughter back. To thank him for making a spring in the middle of the city, Sisyphus told him which way Zeus had taken her, which in turn made Zeus mad. He was just helping a guy rescue his kidnapped daughter! And we all know how Zeus can't keep it in his pants...😒