Greek crisis: An odyssey seen through ancient myth

2012/06/24 06:41:13 @Entertainment News Headlines - Yahoo! News

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 & #039;s dire finances. Homer & #039;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.
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