Sisyphus
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪsɪfəs/
Proper noun
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.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 132:
- Indeed, I have looked upon the fable of Sisyphus as an allegory, and that his wife was the stone which so perpetually rolled back upon his hands, effectually retarding his weary progress up-hill.
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Derived terms
- Sisyphean
Translations
figure
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See also
- Glaucus
Further reading
Sisyphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sisyphus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
German
Alternative forms
- Sisyphos
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Sīsyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈziːzyfʊs/
- Hyphenation: Si‧sy‧phus
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Proper noun
Sisyphus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sisyphus)
- (Greek mythology) Sisyphus
Derived terms
- Sisyphusarbeit
Related terms
- sisypheisch
Further reading
- “Sisyphus” in Duden online
- “Sisyphus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache