Etymology

Sisyphus

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Today it means: Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Σίσυφος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣίσυφος
  2. English todaySisyphus

From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΣίσυφος all →

sisyphean

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