Definition of Sisiphus
Sisyphus, a mythical king of Corinth, who for some offence he gave
the gods was carried off to the nether world, and there doomed to roll a
huge block up a hill, which no sooner reached the top than it bounded
back again, making his toil endless.
- Wikipedia
Sis"y*phus (?), n. [L. Sisyphus,
Sisyphus, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;.] (Class. Myth.) A king of
Corinth, son of Æolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by
Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the
top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making
his task incessant.
Sis"y*phus (?), n. [L. Sisyphus,
Sisyphus, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;.] (Class. Myth.) A king of
Corinth, son of Æolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by
Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the
top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making
his task incessant.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (mythology): tragic figure in Greek mythology doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Hades.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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