Who was he? I think something about rolling a ball up a hill. I know he has to do with Greek mythology. Please give me as much information as possible about him.
2007-09-09 07:27:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Nevermind, i found it on wikipedia. ^_^ Now, who ever makes me laugh will be choosen best answer :D
2007-09-09 07:34:26 · update #1
Sisyphus
(European mythology)
‘The craftiest of men’, according to the ancient Greeks, and punished for his trickery by endless labour in the underworld. Throughout eternity he was required to roll a marble block to the top of a hill only to have it plunge back down just as it reached the crest. The symbol of futility, Sisyphus had been an avaricious King of Corinth.
A second victim of frustration was Tantalus, whom Zeus begot upon a nymph. His misbehaviour on Mount Olympus—either he divulged to mortals the table talk of the gods or passed to them the food of the gods, nectar and ambrosia—forced Zeus to banish him to Tartarus, the prison beneath the underworld. There Tantalus stood in water up to his chin, but was unable to quench a raging thirst, since the water always responded to the movement of his head. Likewise a bunch of luscious grapes remained just beyond his reach.....
2007-09-09 08:33:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well at least you didn't spell Sisyphus, Cyst pus.
2007-09-09 14:38:08 · answer #2 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's 'sizif' you knew where to look all along bwahahahahah get it? it's sizif...
2007-09-09 14:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by Phradoe B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋