A hard never ending task, referring to Sisyphus from greek mythology who is doomed forever in hades to roll a stone up a hill for betraying a secret of zeus's
Pointless or interminable activities are sometimes described as Sisyphean.
Sisyphus was forced to keep doing the meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a hill and watching it roll back down. (This was supposedly his punishment for believing himself smarter than the gods.)
Sisyphus. After his death, King Sisyphus was condemned to Hell; he would be freed when he managed to roll an enormous boulder out of the valley. But the boulder was enchanted; it would always roll back down the hill into the valley again, and Sisyphus would spend the rest of eternity repeating this same hopeless task.
The Myth of Sisyphus was created in 1942.
Sisyphus was not immortal, but a mortal king of Ephyra.
No, Sisyphus was the son of the mortals Aeolus and Enarete.
Its sisyphus, both greek and roman
Sisyphus was the founder of Corinth. For playing countless tricks on both gods and men, and for believing himself the peer of Zeus, he was sentenced to endlessly roll a boulder up to the top of a steep mountain. When he reached the top, the stone would slip away and he would have to start over again each day. Thus, any interminable task is referred to as Sisyphean.
Sisyphus betrayed Zeus to Asopus.
Sisyphus was not worshipped; he was not a ancient Greek god.
Yes, Sisyphus was the mortal son of Aeolus and Enerete.