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.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, directed by Adriatic Animation.
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[@TheGerkuman]

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]

An ego that matches the gods

[@IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle]

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]

So is he really being tortured?

[@gossipqueen1013]

@@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]

Yeah that is the version I know as well

[@medexamtoolscom]

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]

And this kids is how you get syphilis 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrCat-hu7ry]

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

[@Potatochip-sw5ur]

You almost made me choke on my tea lol nice one

[@zk-vd6uy]

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[@santini1224434]

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[@derrinerrow4369]

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]

i love bouldy

[@GamesbiteRtDL]

Like in Rock of Ages 1 lol

[@Hero_My_Beloved]

One must imagine Sisyphus happy. We finally did.

[@gieldeeben7613]

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]

@@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.

[@19MAD95]

*Nobody dies* Ares: “Yo wtf?”

[@Jkoz999]

lmaooo

[@boyvidi9041]

exactly

[@Ben_of_jesus]

LOL no cap

[@sammyelashy6850]

underrated comment

[@jeeshan2144]

😂😂

[@dearluciella5032]

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

[@froggdoggs8551]

he likes the death and bloody murder part of battle

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

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

[@sanstheskeleton679]

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

[@sanstheskeleton679]

@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]

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

[@digitalwire.]

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

[@TheHiroClaw123]

bruh the king killed any guest that came to him

[@ethea.1042]

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

[@alxcalways2259]

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

[@TheHiroClaw123]

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

[@BlackStar-oh9lp]

HiroClaw Lol sadly this is usually the case

[@Qreamey]

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]

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]

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

[@bellAa_akaPlusheen]

'BEGONE' 'KEEP EM COMING.'

[@ohioanbutt_ticklingbandit]

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

[@teatimeboy3240]

?

[@tankinator451]

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

[@ozzyomega8674]

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

[@ayrtonbarmecide4912]

Exact same as the Abrahamic god lol

[@bladnik1]

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[@idontneedaname318]

in somw versions the main reason is cuz he killed visitors

[@محمدالميلادي-ط5ر]

Ayrton Barmecide There is no abrahamic god there is allah and he is the one and truly god don’t talk about things you don’t understand

[@turtl3912]

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

[@unosheem6210]

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

[@afaresfors]

*A N G E R Y*

[@nicodiangelo2040]

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

[@_Intrusive.Thoughts]

wheezy boi kidding me

[@josiahbroko8139]

Frogg doggs bBahasnahja

[@TDIdialgagirl]

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

[@hunterp913]

He did yeet people off a mountain but whatever.

[@JosephDeLosSantos-t3m]

Hunter Parrott you mean throw

[@boredfartless4221]

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

[@ecliptik8020]

Hari Ng Norte no she meant Yeet, he yeeted them

[@froggdoggs8551]

Hari Ng Norte no he meant "yeet"

[@TheGlowingBeansGuy]

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

[@q54daa4]

true...

[@Taganoym]

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.

[@mariotampipig]

Thy end is now! sorry wrong boss

[@sciencewithproofgetrekt4511]

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

[@satyajeetshira8189]

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

[@autismman6360]

I mean how can they get to the main menu

[@evanytgaming1986]

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

[@allftw2677]

@@evanytgaming1986 war is still a thing

[@evanytgaming1986]

@@allftw2677 technically yes but its rare now

[@ginnyweasley5812]

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

[@Andrei.Christop]

Cerberus*

[@mohammednajl5950]

2:33 in case you were wondering

[@fuwa1276]

Mohammed Najl Thank you UwU

[@rotnroll2117]

I have to agree. .that was cute

[@aychazyt6987]

@@mohammednajl5950 that was cerberus?!

[@BreastCancerAwareness420]

One must imagine Sisyphus being explained in a Ted Talk.

[@Human_traain]

You scared me

[@mrblue7020]

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

[@Frummy_fruits]

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

[@aninstrument2803]

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

[@Frummy_fruits]

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

[@anonymouscausewhynot]

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

[@evanytgaming1986]

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

[@Syphrilyn]

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

[@Syphrilyn]

They didn't really have the brightest morals.

[@treehugger0241]

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

[@markdaniel9657]

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

[@koenvdk9486]

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]

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

[@vlcallmeprince-x6032]

The Indomitable human spirit

[@VTPPGLVR]

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]

You were a weird kid

[@chennancy8822]

Well, the point was to push the boulder up.

[@Gusenichka925]

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

[@Obzornor]

For me, i thought why couldnt he just bulked up

[@rubyvergouwen]

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

[@enigmaedits1559]

2:49 that backwards leaving bow was hilarious

[@sakanablesakanable]

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

[@bobbadobidob9624]

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

[@christophermoltisantio]

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

[@pandoratheclay]

Jim Power What?

[@David-jn1gg]

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

[@colinguan7626]

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

[@necromancer2367]

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

[@ysmii3486]

@@necromancer2367 lmfaooo

[@bwalimniad]

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

[@personname-fw9jq]

this prison, to hold me?

[@ashtern5675]

⁠indeed, I have slept long enough.

[@PolarityGraph]

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

[@sillylikestodraw]

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

[@ToadCrabber]

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

[@Jantonov1]

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

[@thienchi1157]

Way to go Jason

[@ssahnkim1703]

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

[@aadivrath2407]

*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]

Doing homework is also a Sisyphean task

[@ZaxorVonSkyler]

@@lordsaladinns5973 Doing any work tbh.

[@Subcosmos]

Socratic Seminar

[@burboq]

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

[@lordsaladinns5973]

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

[@tobias9790]

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

[@fuwa1276]

Tobias Samuel True lol this comment is underrated

[@alfred0621]

Power is power

[@specialise3305]

@@alfred0621 cersei huh?

[@thecrownprince888]

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

[@specialise3305]

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

[@MrSMLEWeeb]

*KEEP 'EM COMING!*

[@AMcGrath82]

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

[@realsandeep]

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

[@edwardkumarkenway1875]

@@realsandeep humko vi thoda suggest kar de bhai movies

[@watchmychannelorelse]

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

[@taulani7598]

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

[@acssination8541]

This prison, to hold ME?

[@Arandomguywhoisdumb]

A visitor? Indeed, I’ve slept long enough.

[@SciencewithKatie]

Learning about Greek mythology is my fav 💛🇬🇷

[@yahyaarnaout3722]

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[@srijayr.9090]

Remeber ya from Pewdiepie Videos. Good videos

[@marios6147]

As a Greek i can confirm!

[@gxashxg299]

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

[@ericcl5313]

Wow your channel has grown Katie! Good for you

[@beesechurger28]

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.

[@touchgrass7129]

YOU CAN'T ESCAPE

[@r35ct12]

@@touchgrass7129 BE GONE

[@touchgrass7129]

@@r35ct12 KEEP EM' COMING!

[@r35ct12]

@@touchgrass7129 DESTROY!

[@user-vz8zu2xv6o]

​@@r35ct12 THIS WILL HURT...

[@hollow_w33n]

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

[@hydrochloricacid7927]

Certified Panopticon moment

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

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

[@Sandvich592]

Least powerful coin-wielding nikon

[@IluvTama]

Got beat up by a living gopro💀💀💀💀

[@orang63]

Man I feel like he got +ENRAGED from that

[@noobass7610]

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy."- Albert Camus

[@ironflazambat5815]

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]

@@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

[@endodic]

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

[@WMFM]

One must imagine Sisyphus sweaty balls

[@adman4150]

"Who seduced his niece" *SWEET HOME ALABAMA*

[@OliverOcelot29]

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[@bornstar481]

bruh moment bruh moment

[@trannosaursrexrex8711]

I’m coming home to you

[@a3g1s84]

**Where the skies are blue**

[@ohsehun6470]

what are you doing uncle

[@fabianprocruzpeo8289]

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

[@Vyxar1717]

The kingdom of heaven has long since forgotten my name

[@fabianprocruzpeo8289]

@@Vyxar1717 and I am EAGER to make them remember.

[@bloodArcher]

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

[@fabianprocruzpeo8289]

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

[@bridanthegamer7746]

Come forth child of Man…And DIE!

[@die_lerche6292]

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]

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]

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

[@KnakuanaRka]

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

[@pinelasefa4995]

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

[@smash7pontos179]

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

[@woetjehhindriks2735]

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]

Wouldn’t be enough for me

[@livingtoaster]

this is truly the world that was waited for.

[@thanosbeatboxer3676]

✍✍✍✍🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MNHR-lover]

All this eagerness was worth it!

[@Manzz2]

Really makes my depression stay GONE

[@Arandomguywhoisdumb]

This will really DESTROY my sadness

[@mohammedrumaan2704]

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

[@Cahrssomething]

I love this video so much, it’s the *prime* of entertainment on KZbin, 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]

Based comment

[@Michaelqwerp]

Hardest comment in the comment section

[@genokugel]

FR this comment goes as hard as Sisyphus' boulder

[@n0kla]

this deserves to be a copypasta

[@jozco_158]

i agree

[@V3_Ultrakill]

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

[@justwantaname.]

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

[@MNHR-lover]

Zeus really told him to be gone!

[@captainnomekop5056]

*He really Kept ‘Em Coming…*

[@gustialt]

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

[@neamtu7067]

Going through videos just like Henry changing his wives amirite?

[@TheFerretofEarth]

I’m the 400th likes

[@cassieang1601]

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

[@akuljamwal3085]

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

[@ashutoshbajpai3]

@@akuljamwal3085 not work but net velocity is zero

[@akuljamwal3085]

@@ashutoshbajpai3 NEEEERD! :D

[@nafrost2787]

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]

@@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.

[@justzack641]

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

[@ultrite2696]

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

[@PunishingBirb]

The algorithm of KZbin has long since forgotten my content, and i am EAGER to make them remember.

[@symetriam6211]

This prison.. to hold.. ME?

[@lolkekchebureck3324]

A visitor? Hmm... Indeed.

[@touchgrass7129]

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

[@user-hi3cw6vc9j]

BE GONE

[@EurobeatXIII]

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

[@joshuagrahammoment4646]

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

[@hayley6094]

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.

[@uzairakram899]

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

[@lightlysal]

Even better

[@ijustwanttits7712]

Uzair Akram the thought of the all powerful god zeus as an EGIRL IS S E N D I N G ME

[@erick7448]

Hahahahahahahahaahahahahaa lmfao

[@lokiofassgard1633]

Thicc

[@eavyeavy2864]

Simp mind

[@coolman5268]

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

[@aestronom1920]

DESTROY

[@Weebabuu]

YES!!! THATS IT!!!

[@Arandomguywhoisdumb]

THIS WILL -HURT- BURP

[@EmberOldAccount]

"You can't escape!"

[@JeffJonesEthx]

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.

[@cringe_crimson9469]

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

[@penguinchess]

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

[@hambur69]

And he never regret a SECOND OF it!

[@ultrite2696]

Manic laughter

[@lordcypher5889]

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]

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

[@Hammerman305]

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

[@ultrite2696]

Like jojo fans when they discover tarot cards

[@captainnomekop5056]

@@ultrite2696as both a Jojo fan and an ultrakill fan I must say I really didn’t expect to be looking into so much music, gods, ideas, and all manner of things because of haha funny reference.

[@VVVV___VVVV]

“*THIS WILL HURT*”

[@helloimme9198]

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

[@itzraintoggle6947]

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

[@Codypro134]

This video is cool! Keep ‘em comin!

[@Faloser]

Yes! That’s it!

[@johnlocsin1628]

DESTROY

[@lionelvipdnimrevoeht9538]

BE GONE

[@samuel-the-italian]

this Will hurt

[@ps3_335]

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

[@Arandomguywhoisdumb]

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

[@nabasree]

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

[@watchingkungfupanda2291]

And also the narration.

[@christophermercaldi8616]

Sry but your*

[@nabasree]

Thanh Vo Typing mistake🙄

[@nabasree]

Thanh Vo thanks otherwise I wouldn't have seen this😊

[@seko0629]

Info + graphics =The infographics show

[@domonkosrevay9423]

"KEEP 'EM COMING"

[@lolkekchebureck3324]

Ultrakill REFERENCE WTFFFFF

[@onemorebreak4792]

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]

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]

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

[@scyllajk2757]

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

[@DubTurd]

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]

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

[@DubTurd]

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

[@KruzerOak]

Man, Camus is such a great philosopher.

[@TuanNguyen-ko9wz]

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

[@KruzerOak]

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

[@zaneplayx3176]

one must imagine sisyphus happy

[@SGT_Squid_Dog]

"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]

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

[@jfgamer76]

oh... a visitor

[@mikekelly9668]

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]

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]

A bit huh...

[@spookyboi6219]

That end quote took away my existential depression. Truly amazing video. Thank you.

[@gowons_cutiemark]

i definitely feel your depression

[@arg.]

one must imagine sisyphus ballin'

[@pufferfishnuggets789]

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

[@decommissionedunitnanotech2265]

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

[@theenglishnerd9047]

Ultrakill moment

[@stone6242]

ULTRAKILL

[@spawnpoint111]

💀💀💀

[@Man-wk4us]

Ah, a visitor

[@manasbawari]

@@stone6242 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq

[@EpicYoutubeHandle]

D E S T R O Y

[@cup_check_official]

I thought the title said "The myth of syphilis"

[@riddhidey8687]

OMG LOL

[@karthikg8144]

Ikr!😅

[@kokuinomusume]

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]

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

[@1996Pinocchio]

I'm sorry that's no myth :s

[@Cat-gm1gh]

Woah, it's the guy from ULTRAKILL!

[@mambodog5322]

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

[@civilsecuritylite12054]

This guy escaped death more times than Kratos ever did.

[@kleozane2781]

Civil Security Lite 12054 Death escapes from Kratos

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

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

[@aetherresonant9079]

"Keep em coming!"

[@TheeM15]

“And I don’t regret a SECOND of it!”

[@p-i-n-k5960]

DESTROY

[@Liscinov]

BEGONE!

[@lannguyenthi4776]

"This wil hurt."

[@lytatroan]

YES! THAT'S IT!

[@amhumanperson3592]

One must imagine Sisyphus happy..

[@notminiaxel2611]

Exactly why I came here

[@stargazeu]

I hear the music

[@smithskull999shenanigans7]

+MAURICED

[@Arandomguywhoisdumb]

THIS PRISON… TO HOLD… *ME?*

[@cornshielda]

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]

I’m not gonna sugarcoat it -F

[@aestronom1920]

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

[@genokugel]

THIS PRISON... TO HOLD ME?!

[@espoff6045]

A visitor! Indeed, I have slept long enough.

[@FritzLeAngel]

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

[@dunerite7064]

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

[@AverageCharcoal]

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

[@Shad_Amon]

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

[@PlayerCarter.]

The only ones declaring Sisyphus' task as futilely eternal are the very gods he had already proven wrong multiple times before. He persists because he finds his task not only possible but probable. This also relates to the human condition because the very theme of our existence is overcoming perceived limits, ask a medieval peasant to land on the moon and they'll deem it impossible, just as if you asked a modern physicist to outpace light. Our very existence is a glowing reminder that the limits we give ourselves are more probably surmountable than insurmountable, so we push on for it is all we truly find security in doing.

[@MasonOfLife]

For a medieval peasant, trying to go to the moon would be futile tho

[@requiem6465]

​@@MasonOfLife😮

[@kristoffer2250]

4:30 "one must imagine Sisyphus happy"

[@foolishness9020]

Can't believe a 2018 comment would predict this event

[@Danaeme]

Bro is time traveler

[@masterkasidit2]

HOW DID YOU KNOW

[@Stickman_Productions]

It's a quote from 1942

[@NoNameforreal]

Hello world *2024 will be very bad year but keep an eye on vietnam*

[@Minos-gaming______dylanjam5737]

THIS PRISON TO HOLD ME

[@edwardgage7041]

Getting this recommended after listening to WAR from Ultrakill is worrying me.

[@Ikigai_Composes]

hi

[@Ikigai_Composes]

ultrakill😊

[@edwardgage7041]

@@Ikigai_Composes pain

[@Ikigai_Composes]

@@edwardgage7041 hi

[@edwardgage7041]

@@Ikigai_Composes hallo

[@DOG_EATER_1887]

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

[@Tanzim12]

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

[@Gusenichka925]

​@@Tanzim12you are not charismatic or cool😔

[@kasaimajor-browne7200]

Who's here from Quadeca's new masterpiece of a song??

[@testing_something]

Yessirski

[@RakaTamaVR]

so quadeca is sisyphus, ksi is ares...would be cool if other youtube artist join in and make a whole lore out of it

[@Dexterity_Boost]

Me too

[@KiiXii]

This boulder… to hold… ME?

[@Qreamey]

I am so happy to see all of the ultrakill comments

[@fishystick117]

Ultrakill reference

[@yoyo777]

no

[@BenjaminUltrakill]

I loved when Sisyphus said let’s rock! Then proceeded to threw his giant boulder at V1

[@EarthOrc21261]

A visitor... Mmmm... Indeed.

[@VergilDarkslayer]

​@@EarthOrc21261 i have slept long enough

[@platypus_kanibal]

​@@VergilDarkslayer The kingdom of Heaven has long since forgotten my name

[@VergilDarkslayer]

@@platypus_kanibal and i am EAGER to make em remember

[@platypus_kanibal]

@@VergilDarkslayer However, the blood of Minos stains your hands

[@quahntasy]

Such amazing animations. Keep up the Mythic series. Love it!

[@bigmannn2443]

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

[@nazrullaxonovsaidazamxon8465]

One must imagine sisyphus oiled up

[@uncheckable_vibe6891]

pause

[@nathanchapin8445]

There was this story about Sisyphus that I heard somewhere but I forgot where. Anyway here it is: So one day Sisyphus just walks up to hades and asks to leave, now obviously hades wasn’t going to let him leave. But as he was telling Sisyphus this he realized Sisyphus was absolutely shredded and could fold hades like a piece of paper, so hades lets him go. He then walks right up to mount Olympus, grabs the gates bars, pulls it open like warm butter and walks right in. So eventually Sisyphus got the final laugh.

[@ohioanbutt_ticklingbandit]

he made sure that boulder FELL so the GRIND NEVER STOPPED

[@thanoscarthanoscar219]

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.

[@SnowRose-wn6gj]

Mortals: making gods angry Gods: Now you may live in torture the rest of eternity Hercules: *Shooting at the sun* Sun god: Now you may use my carriage Me: WTF GODS?

[@stevendebont1975]

it was more like a sun titan, apollo was to lazy to drive the sun

[@HarshDude126]

Hercules was a god himself, so he got a pass.

[@MarcTelang]

@@HarshDude126Didn't he only become a god after his death?

[@Christmasboy522]

They see me rollin', they hatin' 😂

[@ВикторМальков-е8н]

One must imagine Sysiphus happy

[@BIGGD214]

Only here to figure out the reflections from quadecas song "sisyphus"

[@Dexterity_Boost]

Me too