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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 hypernymmythical being


Domain categoryfable, legend


Domain regionEllas, Greece, Hellenic Republic









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