2014年10月25日 星期六

Odyssey 11.566-600 eternal return

主題: eternal return
Odysseus又遇Minos, Tityos, Tantalus, Sisyphus等人物的亡魂 (Odyssey 11.566-600)
隨著他的描述,再次感受Sisyphus推動巨石的不可能任務,推,到頂,又滑下,然再重來,日復一日,沒有終止。

Attic Black Figured amphora depicting the punishment of Sisyphus in Hades, Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich








薛西弗斯(希臘語:Σίσυφος),又譯西緒弗斯、薛西弗斯,是希臘神話中一位被懲罰的人。他受罰的方式是:必須將一塊巨石推上山頂,而每次到達山頂後巨石又滾回山下,如此永無止境地重複下去。在西方語境中,形容詞「薛西弗斯式的」(Sisyphean)代表「永無盡頭而又徒勞無功的任務」
《薛西弗斯》,提香(1548-1549),普拉多博物館

As a punishment from the gods, Sisyphus was compelled to roll a huge rock up a steep hill, but before he reached the top of the hill, the rock always escaped him and he had to begin again. The maddening nature of the punishment was reserved for Sisyphus due to the mortal’s hubristic belief that his cleverness surpassed that of Zeus.

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