Sisyphus

Sisyphus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology Sisyphus (pronounced /ˈsɪsəfəs/; Greek: Σίσυφος sísypʰos /ˈsisifos/ ( listen)) was a king punished by being compelled to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity. He is also found in Roman mythology. The word sisyphean means, according to the American Heritage Dic...

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Sisyphus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(*Si/sufos), a son of Aeolus and Enarete, whence he is called Aeolides (Hom. Il. 6.154; Hor. Carm. 2.14. 20). He was accordingly a brother of Cretheus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres, Canace, Alcyone, Peisidice, Calyce and Perimede (Apollod. 1.7.3; Paus. 10.31.2). He was married to Merope, a daughter of Atlas or a Pleiad (Apollod....

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