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Sisyphus

DEFINITIONS OF: Sisyphus

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n (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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mythical being
an imaginary being of myth or fable
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