Associations to the word «Sisyphus»

Wiktionary

SISYPHUS, proper noun. Tragic figure in Greek mythology doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.

Dictionary definition

SISYPHUS, noun. (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.