Sisyphus
noun
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(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
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | Sisyphean |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | Sisyphean |
| 1 | domain region | Related & opposite | Greece |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | legend |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | mythical being |