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Tuesday, 03 July 2012 23:33
Greek crisis: An odyssey seen through ancient myth
Written by Christopher Torchia
ATHENS (AP)— In Greek mythology, King Sisyphus pushed a boulder up a hill, over and over, forever, in a futile exercise that a few commentators have compared to international efforts to revive Greece’s dire finances. Homer’s Odyssey, whose protagonist endures years of peril on his way home after the Trojan War, is seen as another metaphor for the ordeal of a nation in its fifth year of recession.
