![]() ![]() In the end, the god Hermes took him and dragged him there. He found his wife and scolded her, but he then refused to return to Tartarus. ![]() Persephone agreed, and Sisyphus went back to the realm of the living. Sisyphus, now in the Underworld, told Persephone, queen of the underworld, what had happened, and told her to release him and send him back to the living, so he could punish his wife. Walk up the hill Don't look down, you'll be there soon And I love you still Everything feels better when surrounded by the space I need to fill And I know Everything feels better when I go I been so melodramatic with you on this climb Can't wait to feel shitty and tell you about it another time All of the blisterin' mends in a callus Even our. ![]() Sisyphus and Meropeīefore surrendering though and dying, Sisyphus told his wife Merope to later throw his lifeless body in the middle of the city square, as a test for his wife's love for him. As a result, his body ended up on the banks of the river Styx. All gods told Sisyphus they would make his life a living hell if he didn't free Hades, and he reluctantly agreed. As a result, people could no longer make sacrifices, and the sick would no longer find peace as they couldn't die. Sisyphus and HadesĪnother version of the story has it that Hades was sent instead of Thanatos, and it was him that was tricked and chained by Sisyphus. He then trapped Sisyphus and gave him to Thanatos too. After a while, the situation aggravated, and the god of war Ares, unhappy that his wars were no longer interesting as no one died, released Thanatos. With Death now in chains, no mortal could die and go to the Underworld. When Thanatos went to Sisyphus, the king asked how the chains actually worked Thanatos agreed, but Sisyphus swiftly managed to chain Thanatos instead. He asked Thanatos, personification of death, to take him and chain him in the Underworld. The now furious father of gods decided to punish Sisyphus for good. ![]()
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