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Stone roller
Answer for the clue "Stone roller ", 8 letters:
sisyphus
Alternative clues for the word sisyphus
- Condemned stone-roller
- King condemned to pushing a rock
- (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
- Mythical stone-roller
- Son is staggeringly pushy - he had to be!
- King of Ephyra, condemned to push a boulder uphill for ever
- One fighting an uphill battle?
Word definitions for sisyphus in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sisyphus is a 1974 Hungarian animated short film directed by Marcell Jankovics . It is based on the myth of Sisyphus and shows a man who tries to move a boulder up a slope. The film was produced by Hungarofilms and is two minutes long. The film was nominated ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sisyphus \Sis"y*phus\, n. [L. Sisyphus, Sisyphus, fr. Gr. ????.] (Class. Myth.) A king of Corinth, son of [AE]olus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, ...
Usage examples of sisyphus.
Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing.
This ascending and descending stopper is hollow, carpeted, with cushioned seats, and is watched over by two condemned souls, called conductors, one of whom is said to be named Igion, and the other Sisyphus.