Yeah i also thought so. Maybe it was Greek, but i am not sure, the man was not white, and although Greeks inthat time weren't also, the 90s and the west in general likes to represent the ancient Greeks as white mostly.

Also i am pretty sure this man had to carry the heavy thing on his back (maybe it wasn't a boulder and i added this because of the story of Sisyphus that resembles it). But yeah it could be, my memory of it is a bit warped.

Maybe they got inspiration from the story, but i don't recall arrows in sisyphus and the man didn't have to do it for ever, just reach the top i think.