34-Greek Mythology: Uphill Battle
Myths and Legends
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Sisyphus and Atolycus
Sisyphus lived a quiet life, oftending to his herds and robbing and killing travellers on the road. He heard rumours that atolycus had been given a power by hermes, his father, to change the colors and shapes of things. So black bulls would be turned brown and their horns changed so that they looked nothing like sisyphus bulls. Atolycus herds mysteriously grew, while sisyphu mysteriously shrank. Sisyphus gathered his other neighbours, whose herds were also mysteriously shrinking, and they all went to confront autolycus who promptly returned the stolen animals. While autolycus was out calming down all his angry neighbours, sisyph
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