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A Tantalizing Sisyphean Task: Greek Mythology in Popular Culture Bibliography: “Greek Sinners in

A Tantalizing Sisyphean Task: Greek Mythology in Popular Culture Bibliography: “Greek Sinners in the Modern World” http: //department. monm. edu/classics/Courses/Clas 230/Myth. Documents/ greek_sinners_in_the_modern_world. htm

Mythological Influence on. . .

Mythological Influence on. . .

Greek Mythology in Popular Culture

Greek Mythology in Popular Culture

TANTALUS SISYPHUS IXION

TANTALUS SISYPHUS IXION

House f Tantalus: http: //www. theoi. com/Text/Hyginus. Fabulae 1. html #82 -88; Apollodorus E.

House f Tantalus: http: //www. theoi. com/Text/Hyginus. Fabulae 1. html #82 -88; Apollodorus E. 2. 1 John Barton’s epic play cycle Denver, 2000

Tantalus How is the story in the painting at right different from the story

Tantalus How is the story in the painting at right different from the story in the relief above? Detail from a Italian vase Fourth-century B. C.

“Tantalus Cup” How could the philosophy Pythagoras use this cup to teach moderation? Why

“Tantalus Cup” How could the philosophy Pythagoras use this cup to teach moderation? Why was it called a “Tantalus Cup”?

Sisyphus and Tantalus in the Literary World

Sisyphus and Tantalus in the Literary World

Sisyphus in Art Titian. 1549 El Prado Madrid Franz von Stuck 1863 -1928

Sisyphus in Art Titian. 1549 El Prado Madrid Franz von Stuck 1863 -1928

Tantalus Bernard Picart (1673 -1733)

Tantalus Bernard Picart (1673 -1733)

Strip for Me. Sept. 2000. Scottish cartoonist Douglas Noble Honore Daumier French Realist Illustrator,

Strip for Me. Sept. 2000. Scottish cartoonist Douglas Noble Honore Daumier French Realist Illustrator, 18081879 Eric Shanower Age of Bronze Special 1999 What does Noble wrap around Tantalus’ neck?

Tantalus Bernard Picart (1673 -1733)

Tantalus Bernard Picart (1673 -1733)

Tantalus Interactive http: //www. tantalus. com. au/

Tantalus Interactive http: //www. tantalus. com. au/

Zoology Chlorocebus tantalus Tantalus aethiopicus Sisyphus spinipes ↕

Zoology Chlorocebus tantalus Tantalus aethiopicus Sisyphus spinipes ↕

Tantalus Mountain Range The Tantalus Range is a small but spectacular sub-range of the

Tantalus Mountain Range The Tantalus Range is a small but spectacular sub-range of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia, Canada.

Tantalum • Symbol: Ta • Atomic Number: 73

Tantalum • Symbol: Ta • Atomic Number: 73

Commercial Products

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Why is this object called a tantalus? A three bottle rack style tantalus.

Why is this object called a tantalus? A three bottle rack style tantalus.

Boats HMS Tantalus USS Tantalus

Boats HMS Tantalus USS Tantalus

Pop Music Sills, Stephen. "Myth of Sisyphus. " In Stills (1975) Are you troubled

Pop Music Sills, Stephen. "Myth of Sisyphus. " In Stills (1975) Are you troubled Feelin' bad And no one seems to care Got the myth of Sisyphus Fallin' on you like a rolling stone Arena. “Tantalus. ” In Pepper’s Ghost (2005) Standing in water, but dying of thirst This is my thanks and this is my curse Try as I might, the fruit on the trees All remain beyond reach, beyond wishes or pleading for One last chance Waiting for time to pass me by Waiting for freedom, waiting to die Where can I go, in a world without hope? There is never a place for a soul that has broken so Trust in no one - Trust in no one

Yet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen I doubt not God is good,

Yet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind, And did He stoop to quibble could tell why The little buried mole continues blind, Why flesh that mirrors Him must someday die, Make plain the reason tortured Tantalus Is baited by the fickle fruit, declare If merely brute caprice dooms Sisyphus To struggle up a never-ending stair. Inscrutable His ways are, and immune To catechism by a mind too strewn With petty cares to slightly understand What awful brain compels His awful hand. Yet do I marvel at this curious thing: To make a poet black, and bid him sing.

A Tantalizing Sisyphean Task Tom Sienkewicz Monmouth College toms@monm. edu Bibliography: “Greek Sinners

A Tantalizing Sisyphean Task Tom Sienkewicz Monmouth College toms@monm. edu Bibliography: “Greek Sinners in the Modern World” http: //department. monm. edu/classics/Courses/Clas 230/ Myth. Documents/greek_sinners_in_the_modern_world. h tm

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