Sisyphus was a wicked, greedy, duplicitous, and often cruel man, but who cannot find something appealing—heroic even—in the unquenchable zest and fist-shaking defiance with which he lived (in fact outlived) his life? Few mortals dared to try the patience of the gods in so reckless a fashion. His foolhardy contempt and refusal to apologize or conform put one in mind of a Grecian Don Giovanni.
