Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sisyphus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sisyphus \Sis"y*phus\, n. [L. Sisyphus, Sisyphus, fr. Gr. ????.]
(Class. Myth.)
A king of Corinth, son of [AE]olus, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Sisyphus
n : (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 [syn: {Sisyphus}]
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