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.
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Комментарии • 4 тыс.

  • @19MAD95
    @19MAD95 3 года назад +8407

    *Nobody dies*
    Ares: “Yo wtf?”

  • @digitalwire.
    @digitalwire. 5 лет назад +8186

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

    • @TheHiroClaw123
      @TheHiroClaw123 4 года назад +254

      bruh the king killed any guest that came to him

    • @ethea.1042
      @ethea.1042 4 года назад +1050

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

    • @alxcalways2259
      @alxcalways2259 4 года назад +64

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

    • @TheHiroClaw123
      @TheHiroClaw123 4 года назад +355

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

    • @BlackStar-oh9lp
      @BlackStar-oh9lp 4 года назад +17

      HiroClaw Lol sadly this is usually the case

  • @BreastCancerAwareness420
    @BreastCancerAwareness420 10 месяцев назад +7473

    One must imagine Sisyphus being explained in a Ted Talk.

    • @Human_traain
      @Human_traain 10 месяцев назад +86

      You scared me

    • @mrblue7020
      @mrblue7020 10 месяцев назад +40

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

    • @Frummy_fruits
      @Frummy_fruits 9 месяцев назад +63

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

    • @aninstrument2803
      @aninstrument2803 9 месяцев назад +11

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

    • @Frummy_fruits
      @Frummy_fruits 9 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @bansedits2736
    @bansedits2736 10 месяцев назад +5409

    "the struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a mans heart. one must imagine Sisyphus happy"

    • @Lanuzos
      @Lanuzos 10 месяцев назад +119

      One must imagine Sisyphus happy

    • @gabrielnagy1164
      @gabrielnagy1164 10 месяцев назад +65

      One must imagine Sisyphus happy

    • @Brocolliav
      @Brocolliav 10 месяцев назад +54

      One must imagine Sisyphus happy

    • @loggersviii1228
      @loggersviii1228 10 месяцев назад +29

      I’d prefer to be the rock

    • @JustRandomguyl0l
      @JustRandomguyl0l 10 месяцев назад +12

      @@loggersviii1228 you wana be rolled to mountain then be accidentaly falled over thousands of years agein and agein

  • @turtl3912
    @turtl3912 5 лет назад +15506

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

    • @unosheem6210
      @unosheem6210 4 года назад +576

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

    • @afaresfors
      @afaresfors 4 года назад +100

      *A N G E R Y*

    • @nicodiangelo2040
      @nicodiangelo2040 4 года назад +292

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

    • @_Intrusive.Thoughts
      @_Intrusive.Thoughts 4 года назад +7

      wheezy boi kidding me

    • @josiahbroko8139
      @josiahbroko8139 4 года назад +3

      Frogg doggs bBahasnahja

  • @TheGerkuman
    @TheGerkuman 5 лет назад +7787

    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
      @damagedcanofbeans 2 года назад +1261

      An ego that matches the gods

    • @IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle
      @IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle 2 года назад +757

      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
      @emberhermin52 2 года назад +82

      So is he really being tortured?

    • @gossipqueen1013
      @gossipqueen1013 2 года назад +456

      @@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
      @yahiakoptan6943 2 года назад +12

      Yeah that is the version I know as well

  • @Qreamey
    @Qreamey Год назад +6224

    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
      @lannguyenthi4776 Год назад +287

      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
      @lpmatthews7387 Год назад +110

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

    • @bellAa_akaPlusheen
      @bellAa_akaPlusheen 10 месяцев назад +55

      'BEGONE'
      'KEEP EM COMING.'

    • @ohioanbutt_ticklingbandit
      @ohioanbutt_ticklingbandit 10 месяцев назад +31

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

    • @teatimeboy3240
      @teatimeboy3240 10 месяцев назад +4

      ?

  • @derrinerrow4369
    @derrinerrow4369 Год назад +2870

    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
      @lunarrity Год назад +179

      i love bouldy

    • @GamesbiteRtDL
      @GamesbiteRtDL 10 месяцев назад +78

      Like in Rock of Ages 1 lol

    • @Hero_My_Beloved
      @Hero_My_Beloved 10 месяцев назад +223

      One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
      We finally did.

    • @gieldeeben7613
      @gieldeeben7613 10 месяцев назад +129

      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
      @invurret9533 10 месяцев назад +74

      @@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.

  • @dearluciella5032
    @dearluciella5032 5 лет назад +5504

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

    • @froggdoggs8551
      @froggdoggs8551 4 года назад +234

      he likes the death and bloody murder part of battle

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 года назад +167

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

    • @sanstheskeleton679
      @sanstheskeleton679 4 года назад +34

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

    • @sanstheskeleton679
      @sanstheskeleton679 4 года назад +14

      @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
      @fuwa1276 4 года назад +7

      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

  • @TDIdialgagirl
    @TDIdialgagirl 5 лет назад +7692

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

    • @hunterp913
      @hunterp913 5 лет назад +492

      He did yeet people off a mountain but whatever.

    • @user-dx5bn4yk4f
      @user-dx5bn4yk4f 5 лет назад +14

      Hunter Parrott you mean throw

    • @boredfartless4221
      @boredfartless4221 5 лет назад +113

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

    • @ecliptik8020
      @ecliptik8020 5 лет назад +17

      Hari Ng Norte no she meant Yeet, he yeeted them

    • @froggdoggs8551
      @froggdoggs8551 5 лет назад +11

      Hari Ng Norte no he meant "yeet"

  • @Jantonov1
    @Jantonov1 3 года назад +785

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

    • @thienchi1157
      @thienchi1157 Год назад +3

      Way to go Jason

    • @ssahnkim1703
      @ssahnkim1703 10 месяцев назад

      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

  • @bwalimniad
    @bwalimniad 11 месяцев назад +1828

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

    • @personname-fw9jq
      @personname-fw9jq 10 месяцев назад +122

      this prison, to hold me?

    • @ashtern5675
      @ashtern5675 10 месяцев назад +77

      ⁠indeed, I have slept long enough.

    • @PolarityGraph
      @PolarityGraph 10 месяцев назад +58

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

    • @wawadisk
      @wawadisk 10 месяцев назад +48

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

    • @ToadCrabber
      @ToadCrabber 10 месяцев назад +39

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

  • @tankinator451
    @tankinator451 5 лет назад +12007

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

    • @ozzyomega8674
      @ozzyomega8674 4 года назад +714

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

    • @ayrtonbarmecide4912
      @ayrtonbarmecide4912 4 года назад +111

      Exact same as the Abrahamic god lol

    • @bladnik1
      @bladnik1 4 года назад +3

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    • @JohnnytNatural
      @JohnnytNatural 4 года назад +160

      Why did he kill his visitors giving him gifts. Rulers back then were jerks

    • @idontneedaname318
      @idontneedaname318 4 года назад +28

      in somw versions the main reason is cuz he killed visitors

  • @sciencewithproofgetrekt4511
    @sciencewithproofgetrekt4511 4 года назад +1998

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

    • @satyajeetshira8189
      @satyajeetshira8189 3 года назад +80

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

    • @autismman6360
      @autismman6360 3 года назад +25

      I mean how can they get to the main menu

    • @evanytgaming1986
      @evanytgaming1986 3 года назад +5

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

    • @allftw2677
      @allftw2677 3 года назад +2

      @@evanytgaming1986 war is still a thing

    • @evanytgaming1986
      @evanytgaming1986 3 года назад +4

      @@allftw2677 technically yes but its rare now

  • @TheGlowingBeansGuy
    @TheGlowingBeansGuy 10 месяцев назад +116

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

    • @q54daa4
      @q54daa4 4 месяца назад +1

      true...

    • @hasangaming673
      @hasangaming673 Месяц назад

      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
      @mariotampipig 28 дней назад

      Thy end is now! sorry wrong boss

  • @beesechurger28
    @beesechurger28 Год назад +772

    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.

  • @tobias9790
    @tobias9790 4 года назад +12054

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

    • @fuwa1276
      @fuwa1276 4 года назад +176

      Tobias Samuel True lol this comment is underrated

    • @alfred0621
      @alfred0621 4 года назад +161

      Power is power

    • @specialise3305
      @specialise3305 4 года назад +46

      @@alfred0621 cersei huh?

    • @thecrownprince888
      @thecrownprince888 4 года назад +203

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

    • @specialise3305
      @specialise3305 4 года назад +72

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

  • @medexamtoolsdotcom
    @medexamtoolsdotcom 5 лет назад +2925

    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
      @vickymason4393 Год назад +100

      And this kids is how you get syphilis 🤣🤣🤣

    • @MrCat-hu7ry
      @MrCat-hu7ry Год назад +92

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

    • @Potatochip-sw5ur
      @Potatochip-sw5ur 10 месяцев назад +5

      You almost made me choke on my tea lol nice one

    • @zk-vd6uy
      @zk-vd6uy 10 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@Potatochip-sw5uroh I love Chai tea

    • @santini1224434
      @santini1224434 10 месяцев назад +17

      ​@@zk-vd6uyWHAT DID YOU SAAAAAAY????? CHAI MEANS TEA BRO, YOURE SAYING TEA TEA

  • @koenvdk9486
    @koenvdk9486 Год назад +262

    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
      @hyperx72 Год назад +15

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

    • @vlcallmeprince-x6032
      @vlcallmeprince-x6032 8 месяцев назад +7

      The Indomitable human spirit

  • @hollow_w33n
    @hollow_w33n Год назад +648

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

    • @hydrochloricacid7927
      @hydrochloricacid7927 Год назад +68

      Certified Panopticon moment

    • @thebaseandtriflingcreature174
      @thebaseandtriflingcreature174 Год назад +69

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

    • @Sandvich592
      @Sandvich592 Год назад +25

      Least powerful coin-wielding nikon

    • @Dollarstore_Yuji
      @Dollarstore_Yuji Год назад +24

      Got beat up by a living gopro💀💀💀💀

    • @orang63
      @orang63 Год назад +20

      Man I feel like he got +ENRAGED from that

  • @adman4150
    @adman4150 4 года назад +10168

    "Who seduced his niece"
    *SWEET HOME ALABAMA*

    • @OliverOcelot29
      @OliverOcelot29 4 года назад +159

      hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah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    • @bornstar481
      @bornstar481 4 года назад +87

      bruh moment bruh moment

    • @trannosaursrexrex8711
      @trannosaursrexrex8711 4 года назад +24

      I’m coming home to you

    • @a3g1s84
      @a3g1s84 4 года назад +40

      **Where the skies are blue**

    • @ohsehun6470
      @ohsehun6470 4 года назад +59

      what are you doing uncle

  • @ginnyweasley5812
    @ginnyweasley5812 4 года назад +4873

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

  • @fabianprocruzpeo8289
    @fabianprocruzpeo8289 Год назад +305

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

    • @Chanta933
      @Chanta933 Год назад +20

      The kingdom of heaven has long since forgotten my name

    • @fabianprocruzpeo8289
      @fabianprocruzpeo8289 Год назад +14

      @@Chanta933 and I am EAGER to make them remember.

    • @bloodArcher
      @bloodArcher Год назад +13

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

    • @fabianprocruzpeo8289
      @fabianprocruzpeo8289 Год назад +12

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

    • @bridanthegamer7746
      @bridanthegamer7746 Год назад

      Come forth child of Man…And DIE!

  • @smash7pontos179
    @smash7pontos179 Год назад +104

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

  • @anonymouscausewhynot
    @anonymouscausewhynot 3 года назад +1235

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

    • @evanytgaming1986
      @evanytgaming1986 3 года назад +61

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

    • @Vissorilio
      @Vissorilio 3 года назад +9

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

    • @Vissorilio
      @Vissorilio 3 года назад +10

      They didn't really have the brightest morals.

    • @treehugger0241
      @treehugger0241 3 года назад +31

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

    • @markdaniel9657
      @markdaniel9657 2 года назад +9

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

  • @aadivrath2407
    @aadivrath2407 5 лет назад +4594

    *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
      @lordsaladinns5973 5 лет назад +149

      Doing homework is also a
      Sisyphean task

    • @ZaxorVonSkyler
      @ZaxorVonSkyler 5 лет назад +57

      @@lordsaladinns5973 Doing any work tbh.

    • @Subcosmos
      @Subcosmos 5 лет назад +1

      Socratic Seminar

    • @burboq
      @burboq 5 лет назад +27

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

    • @lordsaladinns5973
      @lordsaladinns5973 5 лет назад +8

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

  • @EmberOldAccount
    @EmberOldAccount Год назад +28

    "You can't escape!"

  • @MrSMLEWeeb
    @MrSMLEWeeb Год назад +95

    *KEEP 'EM COMING!*

  • @christophermoltisanti2803
    @christophermoltisanti2803 5 лет назад +1637

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

    • @pandoratheclay
      @pandoratheclay 5 лет назад +4

      Jim Power
      What?

    • @David-jn1gg
      @David-jn1gg 5 лет назад +63

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

    • @colinguan7626
      @colinguan7626 5 лет назад +184

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

    • @necromancer2367
      @necromancer2367 5 лет назад +119

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

    • @ysmii3486
      @ysmii3486 4 года назад +6

      @@necromancer2367 lmfaooo

  • @VTPPGLVR
    @VTPPGLVR 4 года назад +1665

    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
      @emberhermin52 2 года назад

      You were a weird kid

    • @chennancy8822
      @chennancy8822 2 года назад +65

      Well, the point was to push the boulder up.

    • @Gusenichka925
      @Gusenichka925 2 года назад +318

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

    • @Obzornor
      @Obzornor 2 года назад +77

      For me, i thought why couldnt he just bulked up

    • @rubenvergouwen1280
      @rubenvergouwen1280 Год назад +169

      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

  • @livingtoaster
    @livingtoaster 11 месяцев назад +92

    this is truly the world that was waited for.

    • @thanosbeatboxer3676
      @thanosbeatboxer3676 10 месяцев назад +4

      ✍✍✍✍🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @RlingCap-uk6rk
      @RlingCap-uk6rk 6 месяцев назад +3

      All this eagerness was worth it!

    • @Manzz2
      @Manzz2 4 месяца назад +1

      Really makes my depression stay GONE

    • @Arandomguywhoisdumb
      @Arandomguywhoisdumb Месяц назад

      This will really DESTROY my sadness

  • @texasstyle5315
    @texasstyle5315 Год назад +24

    THIS WILL HURT

  • @enigmaedits1559
    @enigmaedits1559 4 года назад +900

    2:49 that backwards leaving bow was hilarious

    • @sakanablesakanable
      @sakanablesakanable 4 года назад +31

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

    • @bobbadobidob9624
      @bobbadobidob9624 2 года назад +10

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

  • @setyyppisuomesta8448
    @setyyppisuomesta8448 5 лет назад +3627

    Why do Greek gods like cruel punishments? Do they have a kink for that?

    • @aohbmaeid
      @aohbmaeid 5 лет назад +546

      The Greek Gods were invented by the Greeks so... maybe the Greeks had a kink for that?

    • @setyyppisuomesta8448
      @setyyppisuomesta8448 5 лет назад +104

      Interesting, that could be the answer..

    • @xtxpxhx
      @xtxpxhx 5 лет назад +142

      They were meant to preserve an order in a very different world from us

    • @animeisdope5264
      @animeisdope5264 5 лет назад +41

      SeTyyppiSuomesta oh gosh if gods were to be kinky like that then the world might as well be over

    • @209tapia
      @209tapia 5 лет назад +107

      What better way to educate the populace then by making a story about humans and gods analogous to an important lesson so that the masses might listen and behave orderly.

  • @symetriam6211
    @symetriam6211 Год назад +85

    This prison..
    to hold..
    ME?

    • @lolkekchebureck3324
      @lolkekchebureck3324 Год назад +22

      A visitor? Hmm... Indeed.

    • @touchgrass7129
      @touchgrass7129 Год назад +19

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

    • @user-hi3cw6vc9j
      @user-hi3cw6vc9j Год назад +9

      BE GONE

    • @brendenstoychest
      @brendenstoychest Год назад +17

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

    • @joshuagrahammoment4646
      @joshuagrahammoment4646 Год назад +8

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

  • @VVVV___VVVV
    @VVVV___VVVV Год назад +21

    “*THIS WILL HURT*”

  • @SciencewithKatie
    @SciencewithKatie 5 лет назад +2548

    Learning about Greek mythology is my fav 💛🇬🇷

    • @yahyaarnaout3722
      @yahyaarnaout3722 5 лет назад +1

      THE MEANING OF LIFE!
      ruclips.net/video/7d16CpWp-ok/видео.html
      MUSLIM SPOKEN WORD | HD

    • @srijayr.9090
      @srijayr.9090 5 лет назад +11

      Remeber ya from Pewdiepie Videos. Good videos

    • @marios6147
      @marios6147 5 лет назад +7

      As a Greek i can confirm!

    • @gxashxg299
      @gxashxg299 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @ericcl5313
      @ericcl5313 5 лет назад +1

      Wow your channel has grown Katie! Good for you

  • @AMcGrath82
    @AMcGrath82 5 лет назад +1901

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

    • @realsandeep
      @realsandeep 5 лет назад

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

    • @edwardkumarkenway1875
      @edwardkumarkenway1875 5 лет назад

      @@realsandeep humko vi thoda suggest kar de bhai movies

    • @watchmychannelorelse
      @watchmychannelorelse Год назад

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

  • @Cahrssomething
    @Cahrssomething Год назад +556

    I love this video so much, it’s the *prime* of entertainment on RUclips, 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
      @genokugel Год назад +49

      Based comment

    • @Michaelqwerp
      @Michaelqwerp Год назад +74

      Hardest comment in the comment section

    • @genokugel
      @genokugel Год назад +37

      FR this comment goes as hard as Sisyphus' boulder

    • @n0kla
      @n0kla Год назад +36

      this deserves to be a copypasta

    • @jozco_158
      @jozco_158 Год назад +7

      i agree

  • @justzack641
    @justzack641 Год назад +60

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

    • @ultrite2696
      @ultrite2696 2 месяца назад +2

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

  • @noobass7610
    @noobass7610 3 года назад +672

    "One must imagine Sisyphus happy."- Albert Camus

    • @ironflazambat5815
      @ironflazambat5815 2 года назад +54

      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
      @yehudatheodoros6547 Год назад +11

      @@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

    • @derpien00b73
      @derpien00b73 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @WMFM
      @WMFM 8 месяцев назад

      One must imagine Sisyphus sweaty balls

  • @taulani7598
    @taulani7598 4 года назад +187

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

  • @ps3_335
    @ps3_335 Год назад +22

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

  • @hambur69
    @hambur69 10 месяцев назад +32

    And he never regret a SECOND OF it!

  • @die_lerche6292
    @die_lerche6292 4 года назад +419

    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
      @megawolfr1986 10 месяцев назад +37

      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
      @themagiccookie2614 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @KnakuanaRka
    @KnakuanaRka 5 лет назад +224

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

    • @pinelasefa4995
      @pinelasefa4995 4 года назад +4

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

  • @sampletext5959
    @sampletext5959 Год назад +22

    “This video… to hold… ME?”

    • @Arandomguywhoisdumb
      @Arandomguywhoisdumb Месяц назад +1

      “A viewer? Hmm indeed, I’ve been demonetized long enough. The algorithm of RUclips has long since deleted my account and I am EAGER to make them unban it.”

  • @cringe_crimson9469
    @cringe_crimson9469 Год назад +70

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

  • @applejuice281
    @applejuice281 Год назад +70

    KEEP EM COMING!

  • @V3_Ultrakill
    @V3_Ultrakill 11 месяцев назад +40

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

    • @justwantaname.
      @justwantaname. 10 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @RlingCap-uk6rk
      @RlingCap-uk6rk 7 месяцев назад +1

      Zeus really told him to be gone!

    • @captainnomekop5056
      @captainnomekop5056 4 месяца назад +1

      *He really Kept ‘Em Coming…*

  • @Smart-fella9
    @Smart-fella9 11 месяцев назад +17

    “YOU CANT ESCAPE”
    -Sisyphus prime

  • @gustialt
    @gustialt 5 лет назад +375

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

    • @neamtu7067
      @neamtu7067 5 лет назад +3

      Going through videos just like Henry changing his wives amirite?

    • @TheFerretofEarth
      @TheFerretofEarth 4 года назад +1

      I’m the 400th likes

  • @lolkekchebureck3324
    @lolkekchebureck3324 Год назад +26

    Ultrakill REFERENCE WTFFFFF

  • @woetjehhindriks2735
    @woetjehhindriks2735 Год назад +61

    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
      @MasonOfLife 8 месяцев назад

      Wouldn’t be enough for me

  • @Hammerman305
    @Hammerman305 Год назад +57

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

    • @ultrite2696
      @ultrite2696 2 месяца назад +1

      Like jojo fans when they discover tarot cards

    • @captainnomekop5056
      @captainnomekop5056 Месяц назад +1

      @@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.

  • @coolman5268
    @coolman5268 11 месяцев назад +68

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

  • @helloimme9198
    @helloimme9198 4 года назад +263

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

    • @itzraintoggle6947
      @itzraintoggle6947 3 года назад +2

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

  • @jfgamer76
    @jfgamer76 Год назад +17

    oh... a visitor

  • @MagicIllusion808
    @MagicIllusion808 10 месяцев назад +14

    one must imagine sisyphus happy

  • @uzairakram899
    @uzairakram899 4 года назад +419

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

  • @lordcypher5889
    @lordcypher5889 3 года назад +111

    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
      @freshrimp9013 Год назад +11

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

  • @penguinchess
    @penguinchess Год назад +16

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

  • @Cat-gm1gh
    @Cat-gm1gh Год назад +15

    Woah, it's the guy from ULTRAKILL!

  • @hayley6094
    @hayley6094 5 лет назад +75

    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.

  • @pufferfishnuggets789
    @pufferfishnuggets789 Год назад +11

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

  • @arg.
    @arg. 11 месяцев назад +15

    one must imagine sisyphus ballin'

  • @domonkosrevay9423
    @domonkosrevay9423 Год назад +24

    "KEEP 'EM COMING"

  • @mohammedrumaan2704
    @mohammedrumaan2704 5 лет назад +565

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

  • @cassieang1601
    @cassieang1601 4 года назад +202

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

    • @akuljamwal3085
      @akuljamwal3085 4 года назад +21

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

    • @ashutoshbajpai3
      @ashutoshbajpai3 4 года назад +9

      @@akuljamwal3085 not work but net velocity is zero

    • @akuljamwal3085
      @akuljamwal3085 4 года назад +5

      @@ashutoshbajpai3 NEEEERD! :D

    • @nafrost2787
      @nafrost2787 4 года назад +5

      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
      @nafrost2787 4 года назад

      @@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.

  • @Minos-gaming______dylanjam5737
    @Minos-gaming______dylanjam5737 Год назад +18

    THIS PRISON TO HOLD ME

  • @scyllajk2757
    @scyllajk2757 Год назад +22

    "One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

  • @mikekelly9668
    @mikekelly9668 5 лет назад +247

    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
      @karpathian_slaw7928 5 лет назад +79

      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
      @emilydchen 4 года назад

      A bit huh...

  • @KiiXii
    @KiiXii Год назад +17

    This boulder… to hold… ME?

  • @DubTurd
    @DubTurd 5 лет назад +319

    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
      @RashidMBey 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @DubTurd
      @DubTurd 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @KruzerOak
      @KruzerOak 5 лет назад +4

      Man, Camus is such a great philosopher.

    • @TuanNguyen-ko9wz
      @TuanNguyen-ko9wz 5 лет назад +13

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

    • @KruzerOak
      @KruzerOak 5 лет назад +2

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

  • @rafaela1787
    @rafaela1787 5 лет назад +120

    When you're from Greece and realise that you learn more on RUclips about Greek mythology than what you learnt at school..

  • @Qreamey
    @Qreamey Год назад +12

    I am so happy to see all of the ultrakill comments

  • @cornshielda
    @cornshielda 10 месяцев назад +74

    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
      @basil_gamin 10 месяцев назад +11

      I’m not gonna sugarcoat it -F

    • @aestronom1920
      @aestronom1920 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @JeffJonesEthx
    @JeffJonesEthx 4 года назад +75

    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.

  • @cup_check_official
    @cup_check_official 5 лет назад +842

    I thought the title said "The myth of syphilis"

    • @riddhidey8687
      @riddhidey8687 5 лет назад +2

      OMG LOL

    • @karthikg8144
      @karthikg8144 5 лет назад +1

      Ikr!😅

    • @kokuinomusume
      @kokuinomusume 5 лет назад +4

      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
      @chinareds54 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @1996Pinocchio
      @1996Pinocchio 5 лет назад +2

      I'm sorry that's no myth :s

  • @nastygumbo8426
    @nastygumbo8426 11 месяцев назад +16

    A ted-ed video, to hold, ME?

  • @amhumanperson3592
    @amhumanperson3592 10 месяцев назад +17

    One must imagine Sisyphus happy..

  • @kasaimajor-browne7200
    @kasaimajor-browne7200 3 года назад +20

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

    • @testing_something
      @testing_something 3 года назад

      Yessirski

    • @RakaTamaVR
      @RakaTamaVR 3 года назад

      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
      @Dexterity_Boost 3 года назад +1

      Me too

  • @Taridon
    @Taridon Год назад +16

    Good thing V1 killed his prime

  • @edwardgage7041
    @edwardgage7041 Год назад +22

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

  • @PlayerCarter.
    @PlayerCarter. 10 месяцев назад +60

    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
      @MasonOfLife 8 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @requiem6465
      @requiem6465 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@MasonOfLife😮

  • @civilsecuritylite12054
    @civilsecuritylite12054 5 лет назад +297

    This guy escaped death more times than Kratos ever did.

    • @kleozane2781
      @kleozane2781 5 лет назад +7

      Civil Security Lite 12054 Death escapes from Kratos

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 года назад +2

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

  • @Astrogod028
    @Astrogod028 10 месяцев назад +11

    One must imagine sisyphus happy

  • @pc_gamer2231
    @pc_gamer2231 10 месяцев назад +14

    One must imagine sisyphus at his prime

  • @SGT_Squid_Dog
    @SGT_Squid_Dog 9 месяцев назад +21

    "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
      @alpine8590 7 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @mambodog5322
    @mambodog5322 5 лет назад +58

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

  • @theenglishnerd9047
    @theenglishnerd9047 Год назад +326

    Ultrakill moment

  • @genokugel
    @genokugel Год назад +60

    THIS PRISON... TO HOLD ME?!

    • @espoff6045
      @espoff6045 10 месяцев назад +1

      A visitor! Indeed, I have slept long enough.

    • @FritzLeAngel
      @FritzLeAngel 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @dunerite7064
      @dunerite7064 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @AverageCharcoal
      @AverageCharcoal 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @Shad_Amon
      @Shad_Amon 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @tanwirnory1468
    @tanwirnory1468 10 месяцев назад +10

    One must imagine Sysiphus happy

  • @onemorebreak4792
    @onemorebreak4792 4 года назад +48

    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
      @hedgehogsx2396 Год назад +13

      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
      @ThisIsArty 6 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @bigmannn2443
    @bigmannn2443 10 месяцев назад +184

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

  • @Codypro134
    @Codypro134 Год назад +36

    This video is cool! Keep ‘em comin!

  • @dancercoffin6868
    @dancercoffin6868 Год назад +15

    "keep em coming!"

  • @nabasree
    @nabasree 5 лет назад +288

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

  • @DOG_EATER_1887
    @DOG_EATER_1887 Год назад +40

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

    • @Tanzim12
      @Tanzim12 Месяц назад

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

  • @nazrullaxonovsaidazamxon8465
    @nazrullaxonovsaidazamxon8465 10 месяцев назад +11

    One must imagine sisyphus oiled up