While there, he observes Sisyphus engaged in his eternal punishment of rolling a boulder uphill, only for it to roll back down each time he nears the summit: “Aye, and I saw Sisyphus in violent ...

Sisyphus is cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity. Pet fish generally content themselves to swimming the same lap over and over in a glass tank. Perpetuity can be soothing, so long as ...