Sisyphus
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
figure
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See also
Further reading
Sisyphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sisyphus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Sīsyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sisyphus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sisyphus)