Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus)

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Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) is the ancient Greek city-state traditionally linked with the mythic king Sisyphus and his wife Merope, serving as a prominent setting in their legendary narratives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city-state
mythological location
appearsInSourceTradition later mythographic accounts of Sisyphus
appearsInTradition Greek mythology
associatedWith Merope
Sisyphus
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalContext Archaic and Classical Greek mythic tradition
hasMythicMotif clever mortal outwitting divine powers
eternal punishment as consequence of earthly actions
hasMythicTheme deception and trickery
hubris against the gods
relationship between mortals and gods
linkedConstellationMyth Merope as one of the Pleiades
linkedLegend Sisyphus as a cunning king
punishment of Sisyphus in the underworld
linkedMythicFigure Bellerophon (later hero associated with Corinthian region)
Sisyphus’s son Glaucus (in some genealogies)
mythicChronology age of heroes in Greek mythology
mythicGenealogicalRole kingdom of a descendant of Aeolus
mythicGenre didactic tale about deceit
heroic legend
mythicReputation realm of a deceitful king
mythicStatusOfRuler Sisyphus as founder-king in some traditions
mythologicalConnection Hades
surface form: Hades (realm where Sisyphus is punished)

House of Aeolus through Sisyphus
Pleiades through Merope
Thanatos
surface form: Thanatos (Death subdued by Sisyphus)

Zeus
surface form: Zeus (as adversary of Sisyphus)
mythologicalQueen Merope
narrativeFunctionInMyth earthly kingdom contrasted with the underworld
starting point of Sisyphus’s transgressions
symbol of royal power misused by Sisyphus
representedAs royal seat of Sisyphus in legend
roleInMythology setting of the myth of Sisyphus
symbolicAssociationInMyth consequences of cunning without wisdom
tension between human intelligence and divine order
traditionalRulerInMyth Sisyphus

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Subject: Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus)
Description of subject: Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) is the ancient Greek city-state traditionally linked with the mythic king Sisyphus and his wife Merope, serving as a prominent setting in their legendary narratives.

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Merope cultLocation Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus)