Friday, May 25, 2012

Don't forget Tantalus and Ixion!

You know how baby Rafe is always going on about life being a "Sisyphusian struggle?"

Well, he needs to know about two other Greek myths o' torment.  Join us!

1. Tantalus - this poor bastard was left submerged in a stream where he could almost get to the fruit that hung from a tree above him but remained eternally out of reach, and, when he bent to drink from the stream, the water would recede.  D'oh!

2. Ixion - this guy!  First dude in Greek myths to kill kin, then got a bone for Hera so Zeus tricked him into nailing a Hera-shaped cloud (natch) and was then bound to a "fiery wheel" for eternity.

All this to remind you that not everyone's lives are as simple as yours.

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