Sisyphus has been a figure who has never ceased to fascinate us. As an image of resignation to inevitable failure, he has served as a metaphor for everything from the Greek underworld to the philosophy of French Existentialism. Tantalus' fate is no less evocative - who among us hasn't been tantalized before? As particular as our own individual torments seem, we can take comfort in the fact that dissapointment and recovering from it are something we all experience.