#Sisyphus movie movie#

#Sisyphus movie movie#

As The Gray Man movie mentions, Zeus condemned Sisyphus to roll a massive boulder up a hill, though it would roll back to the bottom once it neared the top, with the Greek figure repeating this effort for eternity in the afterlife. After Ares intervened, Sisyphus cheated death a second time by tricking Hades to allow him to briefly return to Earth, only for the king to stay and live to old age. On the first occasion, Zeus ordered Thanatos to chain Sisyphus in a torturous abyss, but Sisyphus tricked Thanatos, the divine personification of death, and tied him instead, preventing death from occurring on Earth. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was the founder and king of Corinth, who was punished by the Gods for escaping death twice through trickery. While The Gray Man never explicitly states the mythological figure’s name, the Greek man whose name Six has tattooed is Sisyphus. Related: Does The Gray Man Have An After Credits Scene?

The Gray Man’s title character explains that the tattoo is the name of a Greek guy who was punished by the Gods, being forced to push a boulder up a hill for the rest of his life – an apt connection to how Six perceives his own struggles. Six and Claire’s first real meeting sees the confident young girl ask Six about a curious tattoo on his arm, which she rightly guesses that he got while in prison. While Donald was away, Six was tasked with watching over the orphaned Claire, who has a heart condition that requires a pacemaker. When Six discovers that Claire has been taken captive, The Gray Man launches into flashbacks to when the two first met.