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SISYPHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
fable; legend (a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events)
Domain region:
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
Derivation:
Sisyphean (both extremely effortful and futile)
Sisyphean (of or relating to Sisyphus)
