Assignments
Sisyphus, see below
This page contains the assignments. Their solutions will be posted on the t-square website at the appropriate times.
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August 24 |
August 31 |
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September 9 |
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September 11 |
September 18 |
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September 18 |
October 2 |
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October 9 |
October 16 |
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October 16 |
October 23 |
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October 28 |
November 6 |
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November 9 |
November 16 |
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Sisyphus was the son of
Aeolus (the king of Thessaly) and Enarete, and was founder of Corinth. He
instituted, among others, the Isthmian Games. According to tradition he was sly
and evil and used to way-lay travelers and to murder them. He betrayed the
secrets of the gods and chained the god of death, Thanatos, so the deceased
could not reach the underworld. Hades himself intervened and Sisyphus was
severely punished.
In the realm of the dead, he
is forced to roll a block of stone against a steep hill, which tumbles back
down when he reaches the top. Then the whole process starts again, lasting all
eternity. His punishment was depicted on many Greek vases. He is represented as
a naked man, or wearing a fur over his shoulders, pushing a boulder.
According to some sources,
Sisyphus was the father of Odysseus by Anticlea, before she married Laertus.
They also mention Theseus as the hero who freed the country of Sisyphus.