Poems and Songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. Who For What Runs.
Commentary to “The Weightlifter’s Song”.
V a s i l y A l e k s e y e v is a legendary weightlifter, he set eighty world records.
A G r e e k o f s o m e r e n o w n is Heracles, and h i s o p p o n e n t, in Greek mythology, is Antaeus — a son of the God of the Sea Poseidon and the Goddess of the Earth Gaea, who could not be defeated as long as he remained in contact with his Mother Earth.
The presented text is adapted from Serge Elnitsky’s translation.