More than over one year I'm looking for the book or information about this guy. I knew the story but I did not know the name. Now i know the name but i have not found the book, except this Italian book "OCNUS. Notebooks of the School of Specialization in Archaeology" which is not what I'm looking for. Amazon.com has only referrals literature as "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariostothat etc. And I'm to lazy to start reading Greek mythology all over again. That's what I call my private Catch-22!

Who's Ocnus?

Ocnus or Oknos was the son of the talented nymph, Manto, granted the gift of prophecy.
Ocnus was condemned to spend eternity in the netherworld, weaving a rope of straw. As depicted in the picture by Polygnotos, standing behind him is his donkey which eats the rope as fast as it is made. Ocnus personifies hesitation, frustration, delay and the wasting of time and effort.


They say that Ocnus is patron saint of researchers, students and investigators.
I say wrong, Ocnus is the allegory of human life.

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