person
Sisyphus
also: Sisyphean
Founder and first king of Corinth; 'Sisyphean wealth' is the Corinthian riches of Jason's new marriage.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §12 Sisyphean wealth
The wealth of Corinth, founded by Sisyphus; Jason's new riches set against what Medea gave him.
- The Festivals §4.2 Sisyphus
The mortal king who married the Pleiad Merope.
- Ibis §6 Sisyphus
King punished in the underworld by forever rolling a stone uphill only to have it roll back.
- Metamorphoses §4.82 Sisyphus
Sinner condemned to heave forever a stone that rolls back down.
- Metamorphoses §10.287 Sisyphus
A damned soul forever rolling a stone uphill.
- Metamorphoses §13.385 Sisyphus
The archetypal trickster, punished in the underworld; rumored true father of Ulysses.