Sisyphus
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From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).
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Sisyphus
- (Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Proposal of Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 132:
- Indeed, I have looked upon the fable of Sisyphus as an allegory, and that his wife was the stone which so perpetually rolled back upon his hands, effectually retarding his weary progress up-hill.
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- Sisyphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sisyphus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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Borrowed from Latin Sīsyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).
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Sisyphus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sisyphus)