English noun: Sisyphus | |||
1. | Sisyphus (person) (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 | ||
Instance hypernym | mythical being | ||
Domain category | fable, legend | ||
Domain region | Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic | ||