Sisyphus

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɪsɪfəs/ === Proper noun === Sisyphus (Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades. ==== Derived terms ==== Sisyphus cooling Sisyphean Sisyphus effect ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Glaucus === Further reading === Sisyphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Sisyphus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) == German == === Alternative forms === Sisyphos === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Sīsyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈziːzyfʊs/ Hyphenation: Si‧sy‧phus === Proper noun === Sisyphus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sisyphus) (Greek mythology) Sisyphus ==== Derived terms ==== Sisyphusarbeit ==== Related terms ==== sisypheisch === Further reading === “Sisyphus” in Duden online “Sisyphus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)