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King condemned to pushing a rock
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sisyphus
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Sisyphus is a genus of dung beetles comprising more than 90 species. Adults are characterised by their long hind legs.
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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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.