西西弗斯

You have already grasped that Sisyphus is the absurd hero.

你已经明白了，西西弗斯便是这荒谬的英雄。

Homer tells us also that Sisyphus had put Death in chains.

荷马也告诉我们，西西弗斯曾一度给死神套上了镣铐。

But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks.

但西西弗斯教会我们以更高的忠诚否定诸神，举起重石。

As with Sisyphus, the boulder was painstakingly rolled upwards only to tumble back down again in an absurd exercise of futility.

和西西弗斯一样，巨石费力地向上滚动，结果又滚了下来，徒劳无功。

Nothing is told us about Sisyphus in the underworld.

人们并没有谈到西西弗斯在地狱里的情况。