In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a figure who was doomed to roll a boulder for eternity as a punishment from the gods.

I’ve always had a thing for Greek myths and legends. These fantastical tales full of cruel and capricious Gods, wicked ...

There’s an old Greek myth about a king named Sisyphus who was condemned by the gods to an eternity of futile labor. His punishment was to push a heavy boulder up a hill, only to watch it tumble ...

Sisyphus was cursed to push a boulder up the hill for all eternity as punishment for their hubris and cheating death. Today, we use it to describe a task that is unending and repetitive.

Shaking sand from the tangled thready roots of a clump of clover, I could relate. Given eternity to work with, Sisyphus must have come to know every crag and crack and cranny of his boulder. The ...