Just as Sisyphus reaches the crest of the hill, the boulder jerks away and slips out of his grasp, rolling down into the darkness of Hades. He cries out and runs after it, but of course he can’t ...

Hermes, the messenger god, eventually dragged Sisyphus back to the underworld, and Zeus soon condemned Sisyphus to the eternal task of rolling a boulder uphill, only for it to roll back down.

Like Sisyphus rolling a boulder uphill only to see it tumble back down, DEIB leaders often grapple with frustration and fatigue in their tireless efforts to advance workplace diversity, equity ...

The ostensibly straightforward task of rolling a boulder up a hill stands a step above the impressively elaborate and cruel punishments found in other classic tales.

But there is something important that distinguishes our situation from that of Sisyphus: Sisyphus’ boulder rolling wasn’t just endless; it was pointless. As a punishment, his task was futile ...

Consequently, Zeus dispatched Sisyphus to the underworld, where Hades deemed that Sisyphus would eternally push a boulder up a hill, only to watch the boulder roll down the hill so the workout ...

We all know who Sisyphus is: the guy in Greek mythology who was sentenced by the gods to spend eternity pushing a boulder up a mountain. Each time he reached the summit, the boulder would roll back ...

Once he grasps his fate—“the wild and limited universe of man”—Sisyphus discovers a certain freedom; he gets to determine whether to face the futility of it all with joy or sorrow.

A Myth Revisited. At the heart of Camus's perspective on the absurd lies the myth of Sisyphus, a figure doomed to roll a boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down, repeating this cycle for ...