Naturally, Zeus did not take this well. So, when it came time for Sisyphus to die, Zeus sent Thanatos, the Greek personification of death, to escort the king to the underworld — odd, since it ...

It’s funny. Underneath all the stress and the pressure of deadlines, I’m not unhappy. Not really. In the end, I chose all this for myself. But not unhappy is not happiness, writes Michelle Fu.

"But to write my own story, to have closure no matter the outcome, it’s a gamble I’m willing to take — to climb even if there is no summit," Gao writes.

Sisyphus at rest. Looking back on 22 years as editor-in-chief of The Week. Newsletter sign up Newsletter; The sun sets behind the NYC skyline (Image credit: Vintage Royal / 500px / Getty Images) ...

One must imagine Sisyphus happy,” wrote Camus. “His fate belongs to him. His rock is his thing.” Shaking sand from the tangled thready roots of a clump of clover, I could relate. Given eternity to ...