Sisyphus: Pray tell, are these my eternal chains? The very manacles intended to keep him bound The prisoner senses his opportunity to escape His quarry a man who dared to betray Olympus I like the song, but I think I'd like to rerecord some of the vocals and perhaps add a little texture musically. The last part with the boulder was the only part that I was familiar with before I chose this as my topic - needless to say, I think the entire myth is much more colorful and I had fun trying to tell the story.
And he must do this forever, which is allegedly more of a pain than just sitting chained up in Hades. Sisyphus agrees to release death, and must then incur Zeus' punishment which is to roll a boulder up a large hill - near the top the boulder always rolls back down, and Sisyphus has to start over again. Zeus is furious because no one can make sacrifices to him, so he actually threatens to make Sisyphus' life miserable unless he releases Thanatos (which is a bit strange that Zeus has to convince anyone to do anything). Sisyphus locks the cuffs and traps death, resulting in chaos up above, as no one can die - people in wars still fighting even after they get their heads cut off, etc. Death, otherwise known as Thanatos, takes him to the underworld, and as Sisyphus inspects the chains that will hold him, he manages to convince Thanatos to demonstrate how they work.
When he died, he was sent down to the hellish part of Hades (yes, there is a nice part, too) known as Tartarus. Sisyphus was essentially an evil but cunning king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). There are also multiple variations, and I took creative liberties with a few of them. The myth is much more complex than what I was able to put into the song. SpinTunes: "Greek Chorus" - Write a song about mythology that has no chorus.
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