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Sisyphus

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Sisyphus

In Greek mythology, a king of Corinth who was condemned to Tartarus, a region of the underworld for the wicked. As punishment for his evil life, he was forced to roll a huge stone uphill for eternity; it always fell back before he could reach the top.

His fate is mentioned in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.


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This effect is produced when the clever rogue, like Sisyphus, is outwitted, or the brave villain defeated.
son of Sisyphus should never have children born of one father (6).
And now it is the time; from Hell's abyss Come thirsting Tantalus, come Sisyphus Heaving the cruel stone, come Tityus With vulture, and with wheel Ixion come, And come the sisters of the ceaseless toil; And all into this breast transfer their pains, And (if such tribute to despair be due) Chant in their deepest tones a doleful dirge Over a corse unworthy of a shroud.
 
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