The former king of Ephyra, Sisyphus was ultimately punished for his self-aggrandizing and deceitfulness by having to roll a giant boulder up a hill for eternity, only to have it come rolling back ...

Where Limited Edition had you kind of escaping the confines of the punishments, with Sisyphus able to finally roll that boulder up a hill and Tantalus finally able to eat the fruit on the branch ...

In the famous legend, he is punished by Zeus for cheating death and condemned to endlessly push a boulder up a hill, only for it to inevitably roll back down.

In the Greek story of Sisyphus, the king was condemned for eternity to move a massive rock up a hill but never reach the summit.

But when it comes to the big goals—global stability, a fair economy, a solution for the climate crisis—it can feel as if you’ve been pushing a boulder up a hill only to see it come rolling ...

— Sisyphus can see the top of the hill. He’s straining, pushing the boulder with all his might. Maybe this time will be it. Maybe this time his suffering will end for good. He runs faster. — ...

The podcast was discussing 20th-century French writer and philosopher Albert Camus, including his early essay titled “The Myth of Sisyphus.” We all know who Sisyphus is: the guy in Greek mythology who ...

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.

Despite being condemned to an eternity of ceaseless toil, Sisyphus continued to push the boulder up the hill, even though it rolled back down each time.

If Sisyphus were Canadian, he would not be eternally damned to push a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down before he can reach the top. That would be too easy. If Sisyphus were Canadian, he ...

The meme theme that was relevant in 2009 and again in 2011 is captioning Sisyphus pushing up the boulder with “ They see me rollin.’ ...