Sisyphus was forced to keep doing the meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a hill and watching it roll back down. (This was supposedly his punishment for believing himself smarter than the gods.)
Its sisyphus, both greek and roman
Sisyphus was punished in Tartarus by being force to push a large boulder up an incline. He was told that should he ever push the boulder to the top, his task would be complete. However, invariably, each time he nears the top, something happens to cause the boulder to slip from his control and it rolls again to the bottom of the hill. It is because of this, any needlessly repetitive or laborous task is called "sisyphean"
Sisyphus was forced to carry a giant boulder to the top of a hill - a task which usually took the entire day. When he got to the summit of the hill, he would have to push the rock down and begin once more. According to greek/roman beliefs he would still be doing this today, considering his soul is immortal.
son of Sisyphus
Zeus of Greek myth.
A hard never ending task, referring to Sisyphus from greek mythology who is doomed forever in hades to roll a stone up a hill for betraying a secret of zeus's
"The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus explores the idea of the absurdity of human existence. Sisyphus is condemned to the eternal task of rolling a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down each time he nears the top. Through Sisyphus's repetitive and futile task, Camus examines the human quest for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world and the importance of finding purpose and contentment in the face of life's inherent absurdity.
Sisyphus was forced to keep doing the meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a hill and watching it roll back down. (This was supposedly his punishment for believing himself smarter than the gods.)
Sisyphus. After his death, King Sisyphus was condemned to Hell; he would be freed when he managed to roll an enormous boulder out of the valley. But the boulder was enchanted; it would always roll back down the hill into the valley again, and Sisyphus would spend the rest of eternity repeating this same hopeless task.
Sisyphus tricked Hades by asking Persephone for a drink of water and then refusing to return back to the underworld, thus delaying his own death. As a result, Sisyphus evaded death twice until Hades intervened and punished him with an eternal task of rolling a boulder uphill only for it to roll back down each time he reached the top.
No, Sisyphus was the son of the mortals Aeolus and Enarete.
The Myth of Sisyphus was created in 1942.
Sisyphus was not immortal, but a mortal king of Ephyra.
Its sisyphus, both greek and roman
Sisyphus was the founder of Corinth. For playing countless tricks on both gods and men, and for believing himself the peer of Zeus, he was sentenced to endlessly roll a boulder up to the top of a steep mountain. When he reached the top, the stone would slip away and he would have to start over again each day. Thus, any interminable task is referred to as Sisyphean.
Pointless or interminable activities are sometimes described as Sisyphean.