Sisyphus
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Sisyphus is a figure from Greek mythology, a cunning king eternally condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down each time.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
king
→
mortal → mythological figure → |
| appearsIn |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
→
surface form: "works of Apollodorus"
works of Homer → works of Pindar → |
| associatedPlace |
Corinth
→
Ephyra → |
| associatedWork | The Myth of Sisyphus → |
| betrayedDeity |
Asopus
→
Zeus → |
| CamusInterpretation | embodiment of the absurd hero → |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
→
Kings in Greek mythology → |
| causeOfPunishment |
attempting to escape death
→
betraying divine secrets → deceiving the gods → tricking Thanatos → |
| culture | Greek mythology → |
| etymologyProposed | name possibly linked to cunning or wisdom in Greek → |
| father | Aeolus → |
| fatherInstanceOf | king of Thessaly → |
| gender | male → |
| grandfatherOf | Bellerophon → |
| knownFor |
cheating death
→
cunning and trickery → eternal punishment of rolling a boulder up a hill → |
| mother | Enarete → |
| offspring |
Almus
→
Glaucus (son of Minos) →
surface form: "Glaucus"
Ornytion → Sinon (in some traditions) → Thersander → |
| punishedBy | the gods → |
| punishmentLocation |
Hades
→
Underworld →
surface form: "the Underworld"
|
| punishmentType |
eternal labor
→
rolling a boulder uphill forever → |
| reinterpretedBy | Albert Camus → |
| revealedSecretOf | Zeus’s abduction of Aegina → |
| spouse | Merope → |
| spouseInstanceOf |
Pleiades
→
surface form: "Pleiad"
|
| symbolism |
consequences of hubris
→
futility of endless labor → human struggle against absurdity → |
| title | King of Corinth → |
| trickedDeity |
Hades
→
Persephone → Thanatos → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Corinth"
subject surface form: "Corinth"