King

Sisyphus

Σίσυφος

Overview

Cunning king condemned in the Underworld to roll a boulder uphill forever.

Heroic Age

Boulder, hill

Unknown or primordial.

No children recorded.

Beyond Antiquity

Sisyphus still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.

Today: Describing an apparently endless, repetitive or futile task.

Derived from Sisyphus, condemned to push a stone uphill only for it to roll back down.