The Punishments of Tantalus & Sisyphus - (Greek Mythology Explained)
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- Today we take a look at some more stories from Greek mythology, the punishments of both Tantalus and Sisyphus.
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I love how good Skyrim’s background music goes with the tone of this video
I just realized thats skyrim music in the background
I was about to comment the same thing
Kind of ironic
EzraEB ikr
30 seconds in and I knew it was skyrim
Lol noobs I knew within 2 seconds.
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.
Wow, didn't know that bit. It gives a whole new perspective to me. Thank you.
Sisyphus is just working out brah,it’s not really a punishment for him. And fuk the mother fuking Gods!
Of course Sisyphus was happy, this squat movement is named after Sisyphus, look at the size of his legs. Sisyphus still outsmarted the gods in the end
@@sagemagus126 they can accuse me of many a things but not skipping leg day - sisyphus
@@ksy6177 Sisyphus is now what leg day means
I've always loved the story of Sisyphus, you've got to see it from the rocks point of view
Hmm can someone smart expand on this haha it would be interesting
@@Komplexitet the boulder is the source of sisyphus' suffering, never making it to the top of the mountain and being heavy to push anyway. there may be some pleasure in being the eternal thorn in the side of a god/king perhaps.
Sisyphus still got the last laugh.
After Zeus told Hephaestus to make the boulder for Sisyphus's punishment, Sisyphus slipped Hephestus an anvil, some tongs and a leather apron on the sly.
Hephaestus then made the rock out of pumice.
@@robertkelly9772 and sisyphus would then anger the gods more by rolling up it up the hill happily and pretending he was enjoying himself
Alwayz being hungry, thirsty and in constant fear that life (a figurative boulder) is gonna come crashing down on me? I can definitely relate 😂
Me from 15 up until yesterday ...I’m 24 lol
That's been my life for the past 9 years XD
Lmao. Yeah! Thats why myth is so useful for understanding our own life
@Justin Gary same bruh sucks having major depression
Never heard the part about the Boulder with Tantalus!
I could escape by that boulder.
One must imagine Sysiphus happy...
I really admire Sisyphus' wit, and I don't believe for one second that he's actually pushing that boulder at all.
I don't think the furies would let him catch a break. It is sort of their job to make sure people get punished for their crimes.
The guys a chancer, of course he's going to take on that boulder challenge.
he kidnapped death itself to avoid dying
convinced his wife to commit a grievous faux pas so he could escape again
then by the sounds of it tried to outrun the messenger of the gods to escape them
he's the mythological equivalent of the great escape
@@jamesharrison658 trying to outrun the fastest god is not likeley to workout well
Nah, I think this got Sisyphus good. If he can escape death, why not this? Because this is life.
More specifically, his life - the hubristic one. To work for your own means and pleasures is pointless and empty. It's like a pride thing, perhaps. Stubborness.
On another note, I like how he took the Gods on. Arrogance is a term that the best, in their respective areas, probably do adorn.
Sisyphus was bold. He wants us to be... boulder.
The furies would whip him so yeah, he still would lol
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
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.
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.
Its both. Killing his guest and violating the Greek rules of hospitality made him fall out of favor with Zeus. Then after revealing Zeus's secret of kidnapping a beautiful Nymph and tell her father a river god were she was for a price. After that Zeus then sent Thanatos.
Sisyphus was a hero who got punished for snitching on Zeus, but he also added a river to his kingdom
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."
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.
How does that make any sense whatsoever
I was in the habit of wasting water. But when mom wasted the water that I worked hard to fetch, I felt the pain. Yes she wasted a few buckets but it taught me a lesson of a lifetime, and also something to laugh about. 😂
@@humanbeing1429 Lmao
@@humanbeing1429 your mom was hilarious
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)
All I know is that you must imagine sysiphus as happy.
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.
Didn't know Tantalus' punishment included a boulder too but good to know. Thanks, Myth!😋
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels, love the videos!
Yup...I can totally agree
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)
2 pages lel
it isn't 2 pages dumbass, you read it in highschool as part of "pop philosophy" education and got a meme tier understanding of anything. Camus' "essay" is around 70 pages
@@mememaster9703 Lmfao
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
Syphilis- the man with the ultimate plan, and bad itch
First could you cover the difference between norse laws of mythology and the Greek laws of mythology
Mutz Gaming Norse=Brofest Greek=Mary Sue
Lol...covered in Marvel comics.
@king Daley Doug how about yoy take that religious conspiracy shit shove it waaaayyy up your arse
Love the Skyrim music in the background
That skyrim bgm is spot on.
The choice of background music was spot on here 👍🏻 love hearing all the stories from mythology.
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.
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 😊👍💜
Heidi Bevan it was tyr not thor
@@thoshinoshi
Ok, for some reason I had it in my head that it was Thor bt I'l change it 😊👍
Tyr didn't trick the Fenrir wolf, Fenrir told the gods that they couldn't put the enchanted chain on him unless one of them would place their hand in his mouth. Tyr volunteered and Fenrir bite his right hand off
@@Nerfherder3 i guess you could call that he's *volunTyr*
Wat
1:40 this Retribution sounds like the Hungry Ghost realm of Buddhism.
I love your voice it’s so calming so soothing so mesmerizing
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.
Me too. I was just about to comment when I seen yours. As I remember set in a futuristic world he eventually discovered the iron riveted boulder he was pushing over the top of the hill was just recycling all the time. School was never out!
the Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus
Is a very weird little book
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...
I have just now found your videos and am enjoying them immensely. Thank you!
I love your videos about different mythologies. I was wondering if you were ever going to do Arthurian Mythology?
That's Skyrim music in the background.
I've spent so long on that game I can recognise even the music.
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.
The book ,"the pearl" also shows of endless problems ,morphing from solutions being short lived.
This may be the best channel on youtube. Subbed!
Absolutely wonderful! Liked and subbed.
Another good video from you man, keep it up!
Excellent story of warnings! Love it!
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
The skyrim music in the background 😩
You should do more of these! The horrid punishments are so interesting and creative
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.
I'm so glad I found this channel
Thanx for uploading. Keep the good doing
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
great,brilliant, superb choice of background song I must say
Ah a nother great video as always and thank you 😃
I watch these videos not because of the interesting things i learn here but rather i find the narrator's voice comforting and smooth
Great Storytelling and illustrations! What do you have of Hestia, the Goddess of Hearth?
Am I the only one who read Syphilis
Thanks for the advice I intend to follow it
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
I've been seeking for this channel my whole life
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 love how you play the skyrim soundtrack in the background ❤️❤️😍
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?
Because if he does, Hades is gonna send the furies after him and punish him with something much worse.
In one version I read Hades gave Sisyphus the option of going to the Elysian fields or if he could get the boulder to the top of the hill (and keep it there presumably) then he would be resurrected.
This is quite funny as souls that make it to the Elysian fields can chose to have their memories removed by the river Lethe and get resurrected (reincarnated?) that way. Make it to Elysium 3 consecutive times and you even get to go to a fancy island.
The isle of the Blessed, it's basically Elysium+.
"He was made to roll a boulder up a hilly
@@acedragon1456 I thought only people in Elysium could be reborn (after being memory wiped). Maybe I'm wrong though
Love these videos!
And tantalus giving the gods his son as food is also an insult considering their story with their father Cronos
I love the story of Tantalus especially as that's the reason given for the word tantalise
Chicago had an unreleased album (well finally was released after decades) called Stone of Sisyphus.
I believe the worst punishment was for Prometheus. But for these two definitely the first of them.
Prometheus? Do you mean the Serpent in the Garden of Eden? Both sought to bring "enlightenment" to mankind. To do something good for Man and were both horribly punished.
Nah, their can be no correlation as Greek mythology is merely fiction, while the bible is the irrefutable "WORD OF GOD".
Nope, no similarity at all.
@@TheTeufelhunden68 well that came out of nowhere for no reason
@@TheTeufelhunden68 the serpent didn't want to bring "enlightenment" he wanted to corrupt the world by tempting humans into becoming sinners.
Prometheus was the creator of humans when the titans ruled. He made them by soil and clay and breathed life into them. He also gave the fire so that humans could be comfortable to life. To have knowledge and build a city of theirs. How dare you compare Hellenistic Beliefs to Christianity when all you Christians do is copy off what you call pagan stories. You cannot respect something older than your religion.
I would believe it to be the "WORD OF GOD" if it wasn't written by men theirselves.
Hah, I love that you used the music from skyrim..it fits so well!!!
Well done!
Cool to remember again now❄️😎!
Is Damocles next?
An endless struggle,....sounds like my marriage.
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!
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).
Excellent.
Thank you.
I named one of my bicycles Sisyphus. Yep, I will ride every day to do it again tomorrow, for eternity. YAY!
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).
Thank you
*The punishment of tentacles and syphilis.*
Wow that's a great story
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?
That sounds pretty good 👍. Do it.
@@molliethomas2585 Thank you.
Cool
Sounds like that movie sky high
XxGnarly 999xX you’re not wrong
Phendrana drifts theme is much appreciated
Good job
Nothing quite sets the mood for Greek (or any) mythology than a Skyrim soundtrack.
Love the skyrim soundtrack song in back..AWESOME!
The Skyrim music is bringing back thoughts of the Daedric Princes and Aedra.
Super interesting
have you considered having this in a podcast format?
Your voice is like those ASMR soap cutting videos
so satisfying
The background music ❤️
Would you be able to cover Maori Legends and Mythology?
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!)
Haven’t been this early since the video of Charon!
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
I can't get no.... Dadadaaaa. Satisfaction dadadaaaa
Ty for tes5 bgm
are there any other words like sisyphean and tantalizing that we get from greek myths about punishment? or is there a better way of describing that to search for it? ive always loved using these myths as easy metaphors w a single word and would love more.
These are my spirit gods, indeed... There is a boulder dangling over my head right now, in fact
Diggin the Skyrim music
We were rolling the rock up and it keeps rolling back down on us.