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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: The myth of Sisyphus
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Sisyphus knew his reckoning was at hand. But he had another trick up his sleeve. Before dying, he asked his wife mropee to throw his body in the public square, from where it eventually washed up on the shores of the rievr Styx. Now back among the dead, Sisyphus approached Persephone, qeuen of the Underworld, and complained that his wife had disrespected him by not giving him a proper bauirl. pepesrhnoe granted him permission to go back to the land of living and punish Merope, on the condition that he would return when he was done. Of course, Sisyphus refused to keep his pmroise, now having twice eapcsed death by tricking the gods.
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Sisyphus knew his reckoning was at hand. But he had another trick up his sleeve. Before dying, he asked his wife ______ to throw his body in the public square, from where it eventually washed up on the shores of the _____ Styx. Now back among the dead, Sisyphus approached Persephone, _____ of the Underworld, and complained that his wife had disrespected him by not giving him a proper ______. __________ granted him permission to go back to the land of living and punish Merope, on the condition that he would return when he was done. Of course, Sisyphus refused to keep his _______, now having twice _______ death by tricking the gods.
Solution
- burial
- promise
- merope
- escaped
- queen
- persephone
- river
Original Text
Sisyphus knew his reckoning was at hand. But he had another trick up his sleeve. Before dying, he asked his wife Merope to throw his body in the public square, from where it eventually washed up on the shores of the river Styx. Now back among the dead, Sisyphus approached Persephone, queen of the Underworld, and complained that his wife had disrespected him by not giving him a proper burial. Persephone granted him permission to go back to the land of living and punish Merope, on the condition that he would return when he was done. Of course, Sisyphus refused to keep his promise, now having twice escaped death by tricking the gods.
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