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Sisyphus was the king of Corinth, punished in Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill in Greek mythology.
Sisyphus may also refer to:
Places
edit- 1866 Sisyphus, an Apollo asteroid
People
edit- Sisyphus of Pharsalus, a contemporary of Plato
Arts, entertainment, and media
editLiterature
edit- Sisyphus (dialogue), a dialogue between Socrates and Sisyphus of Pharsalus, attributed to Plato
- The Myth of Sisyphus, an essay by Albert Camus
Music
edit- Sisyphus (hip hop group), a musical collaboration formerly known as S / S / S featuring Serengeti, Son Lux, and Sufjan Stevens
- Sisyphus (album), their 2014 debut album
- Sisyphus, a 1971 album by Cold Blood
- Stone Of Sisyphus, an album by the American rock band Chicago
- "Sysyphus", an avant-garde piece of music from the Pink Floyd album Ummagumma
- "Sisyphus", a song by American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird from his album My Finest Work Yet
Other arts, entertainment, and media
edit- Sisyphus (Titian), a 1548–1549 painting by Titian
- Sisyphus (film), a 1974 animated short film by Marcell Jankovics
- Sisyphus: The Myth, a 2021 South Korean television series
- Sisyphus Prime, a boss from the 2020 game Ultrakill
Other uses
edit- Sisyphus (beetle), a genus of dung beetles
- Český klub skeptiků Sisyfos, Czech Skeptics' Club
- Sisyphus effect, a method of cooling below temperatures predicted by Doppler Cooling in Atomic Physics