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Son is staggeringly pushy - he had to be!
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sisyphus
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
King of Corinth, famed as "the craftiest of men," he was condemned in the afterlife to roll uphill a stone which perpetually rolls down again; Greek Sisyphos , a name of unknown origin. Liddell & Scott suggest a reduplication of syphos "the crafty" (with ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sisyphus was a king punished in Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill in Greek mythology. Sisyphus may also refer to: 1866 Sisyphus , an Apollo asteroid Sisyphus (beetle) , a genus of dung beetles Sisyphus (dialogue) , a spurious dialogue ...
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.