I'd guess that this translation is at least many hundred years old, so I found it interesting how our contemporary usage of "screwed up" juxtaposes the other typically unfamiliar idioms and syntax....one sees the face screwed up...
Still it is pause-worthy to see the words of contemporary phrases used so.this translation is at least many hundred years old
Camus wrote The Myth of Sisyphus in 1942. The story of Sisyphus can be found in Homer and Ovid, but Camus's interpretation, translated here from the French, is most likely his own words.
Now that you mention it, it is considerably less cryptic than most translations of Greek "Classics"... I just hadn't had my coffee yet (my go to excuse). Thanks for setting the record straight, lil. :)
"I forgot." I have a notoriously terrible memory-- usually amongst friends (and even sometimes with teachers), those two words suffice to explain away my failings. The fun part is that 90% of the time, I actually did forget.I'd like to hear more "go-to excuses" from hubskiville.