sisyphus

IPA: sˈɪsˈaɪfʌs

Root Word: Sisyphus

(Greek mythology) 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.

Examples of "sisyphus" in Sentences

Like Sisyphus with the stone up the hill.
At the end of the book he gets to the Myth of Sisyphus.
Fighting the bias might be something of a Sisyphus task..
The words are spoken by Sisyphus, a character in the play.
He compares the myth of Sisyphus to the life of a normal person.
Sisyphus slyly asked Thanatos to demonstrate how the chains worked.
Sisyphus slyly asked Thanatos to try the chains to show how they worked.
A big part of the punishment is that Sisyphus couldn't complete the task.
Sisyphus slyly asked 'Thanatos' to try the chains to show how they worked.
From Sisyphus was a Greek mythological figure who was doomed to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill in Hades.