诸神处罚西西弗不停地把一块巨石推上山顶,而石头由于自身的重量又滚下山去,诸神认为再也没有比进行这种无效无望的劳动更为严厉的惩罚了。我们已经明白:西西弗是个荒谬的英雄。他之所以是荒谬的英雄,还因为他的激情和他所经受的磨难。他藐视神明,仇恨死亡,对生活充满激情,这必然使他受到难以用言语尽述的非人折磨:他以 The gods punished Sisyphus kept pushing a boulder to the top of the mountain, and the rock rolled down again due to its weight, and the gods saw no more severe punishment than the ineffective and hopeless labor. We already understand that Sisyphus is a ridiculous hero. The reason why he is a ridiculous hero, but also because of his passion and the suffering he suffered. He despised the gods, hated death, passion for life, which inevitably led him to inhuman torture that was hard to describe in words: