Sisyphus
Mortal man
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus or Sisyphos ( ; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος, romanized: Sísyphos) is the founder and king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He reveals Zeus's abduction of Aegina to the river god Asopus, thereby incurring Zeus's wrath.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“Howbeit, if thou wilt, hear this also, that thou mayest know well my lineage; and many there be that know it. There is a city Ephyre in the heart of Argos, pasture-land of horses, and there dwelt Sisyphus that was craftiest of men, Sisyphus, son of Aeolus; and he begat a son Glaucus;”
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Howbeit, if thou wilt, hear this also, that thou mayest know well my lineage; and many there be that know it. There is a city Ephyre in the heart of Argos, pasture-land of horses, and there dwelt Sisyphus that was craftiest of men, Sisyphus, son of Aeolus; and he begat a son Glaucus;
Il. 6.154
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Howbeit, if thou wilt, hear this also, that thou mayest know well my lineage; and many there be that know it. There is a city Ephyre in the heart of Argos, pasture-land of horses, and there dwelt Sisyphus that was craftiest of men, Sisyphus, son of Aeolus; and he begat a son Glaucus;
Il. 6.154
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In art
Pietro della Vecchia. Sisyphus. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107490954
Pietro della Vecchia. Sisyphus. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107490954
Abel de Pujol. (Cahors) Sisyphe roule éternellement son rocher - Alexandre-Denis Abel de Pujol - Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin. Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121201246
Abel de Pujol. (Cahors) Sisyphe roule éternellement son rocher - Alexandre-Denis Abel de Pujol - Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin. Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121201246
Titian. Sisyphus. Museo del Prado. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6137282
Titian. Sisyphus. Museo del Prado. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6137282
Estevoaei. Escultura de Sísifo nas Pontes de García Rodríguez. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEscultura_de_S%C3%ADsifo_nas_Pontes_de_Garc%C3%ADa_Rodr%C3%ADguez.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Estevoaei
Photograph / reproduction date: 2026-07-30 15:22:42
Estevoaei. Escultura de Sísifo nas Pontes de García Rodríguez. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEscultura_de_S%C3%ADsifo_nas_Pontes_de_Garc%C3%ADa_Rodr%C3%ADguez.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Estevoaei
Photograph / reproduction date: 2026-07-30 15:22:42
Tim Tregenza. Sisyphus in Portugalete - panoramio. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisyphus_in_Portugalete_-_panoramio.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Tim Tregenza
Photograph / reproduction date: Taken on 17 August 2012
Tim Tregenza. Sisyphus in Portugalete - panoramio. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisyphus_in_Portugalete_-_panoramio.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Tim Tregenza
Photograph / reproduction date: Taken on 17 August 2012
Gouwenaar. 20131217 Sisyphus Gert Sennema Assen. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A20131217_Sisyphus_Gert_Sennema_Assen.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Gouwenaar
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-12-17
Gouwenaar. 20131217 Sisyphus Gert Sennema Assen. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A20131217_Sisyphus_Gert_Sennema_Assen.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Gouwenaar
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-12-17
Estevoaei. Escultura de Sísifo nas Pontes de García Rodríguez - sinatura. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEscultura_de_S%C3%ADsifo_nas_Pontes_de_Garc%C3%ADa_Rodr%C3%ADguez_-_sinatura.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Estevoaei
Photograph / reproduction date: 2026-07-30 15:22:50
Estevoaei. Escultura de Sísifo nas Pontes de García Rodríguez - sinatura. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEscultura_de_S%C3%ADsifo_nas_Pontes_de_Garc%C3%ADa_Rodr%C3%ADguez_-_sinatura.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Estevoaei
Photograph / reproduction date: 2026-07-30 15:22:50
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Miguel Hermoso Cuesta. Metopa Paestum 02. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMetopa_Paestum_02.JPG
Photograph / reproduction: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-07-14 10:34:26
Miguel Hermoso Cuesta. Metopa Paestum 02. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMetopa_Paestum_02.JPG
Photograph / reproduction: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-07-14 10:34:26
Ronn. Assen - Sisyphus (1994) van Bert Meinen. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAssen_-_Sisyphus_%281994%29_van_Bert_Meinen.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Ronn
Photograph / reproduction date: 2011-04-16 14:22:02
Ronn. Assen - Sisyphus (1994) van Bert Meinen. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAssen_-_Sisyphus_%281994%29_van_Bert_Meinen.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Ronn
Photograph / reproduction date: 2011-04-16 14:22:02
Miguel Hermoso Cuesta. Paestum metopa. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APaestum_metopa.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-07-14 10:34:26
Miguel Hermoso Cuesta. Paestum metopa. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APaestum_metopa.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-07-14 10:34:26
Xinstalker. Sisifo. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisifo.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Xinstalker
Photograph / reproduction date: 2014-09-14 21:41:11
Xinstalker. Sisifo. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisifo.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Xinstalker
Photograph / reproduction date: 2014-09-14 21:41:11
AlbertRA. Sísif. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AS%C3%ADsif.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: AlbertRA
Photograph / reproduction date: 2024-12-23 16:37:31
AlbertRA. Sísif. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AS%C3%ADsif.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: AlbertRA
Photograph / reproduction date: 2024-12-23 16:37:31
Pieter Delicaat. Ernesto Marques - Sisyphos - PM16. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AErnesto_Marques_-_Sisyphos_-_PM16.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Pieter Delicaat
Photograph / reproduction date: 2016-06-03 18:18:34
Pieter Delicaat. Ernesto Marques - Sisyphos - PM16. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AErnesto_Marques_-_Sisyphos_-_PM16.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Pieter Delicaat
Photograph / reproduction date: 2016-06-03 18:18:34
Mentnafunangann. Museo archeologico di Paestum WLM 060. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMuseo_archeologico_di_Paestum_WLM_060.JPG
Photograph / reproduction: Mentnafunangann
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-05-09 12:44:36
Mentnafunangann. Museo archeologico di Paestum WLM 060. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMuseo_archeologico_di_Paestum_WLM_060.JPG
Photograph / reproduction: Mentnafunangann
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-05-09 12:44:36
MOSSOT. Brive-la-Gaillarde - Maison Cavaignac -04. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABrive-la-Gaillarde_-_Maison_Cavaignac_-04.JPG
Photograph / reproduction: MOSSOT
Photograph / reproduction date: 2012-10-31 12:24:16
MOSSOT. Brive-la-Gaillarde - Maison Cavaignac -04. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABrive-la-Gaillarde_-_Maison_Cavaignac_-04.JPG
Photograph / reproduction: MOSSOT
Photograph / reproduction date: 2012-10-31 12:24:16
Pnapora. Syzyfki (Sisyphers) Wroclaw dwarf 01. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASyzyfki_%28Sisyphers%29_Wroclaw_dwarf_01.JPG
Photograph / reproduction: Pnapora
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-11-16 11:15:06
Pnapora. Syzyfki (Sisyphers) Wroclaw dwarf 01. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASyzyfki_%28Sisyphers%29_Wroclaw_dwarf_01.JPG
Photograph / reproduction: Pnapora
Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-11-16 11:15:06
Benjamin Smith. Brive-la-Gaillarde - Logis de l'abbesse des Clarisses - 02. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABrive-la-Gaillarde_-_Logis_de_l%27abbesse_des_Clarisses_-_02.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Benjamin Smith
Photograph / reproduction date: 2024-10-01
Benjamin Smith. Brive-la-Gaillarde - Logis de l'abbesse des Clarisses - 02. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABrive-la-Gaillarde_-_Logis_de_l%27abbesse_des_Clarisses_-_02.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Benjamin Smith
Photograph / reproduction date: 2024-10-01
Ian Paterson. The Bastard Son of Sisyphus - geograph.org.uk - 1068242. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AThe_Bastard_Son_of_Sisyphus_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1068242.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Ian Paterson
Photograph / reproduction date: 2008-12-03
Ian Paterson. The Bastard Son of Sisyphus - geograph.org.uk - 1068242. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AThe_Bastard_Son_of_Sisyphus_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1068242.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Ian Paterson
Photograph / reproduction date: 2008-12-03
Sarah777 at en.wikipedia. IMG 4547wParkWest. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIMG_4547wParkWest.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Sarah777 at en.wikipedia
Photograph / reproduction date: 27 November 2006 (original upload date)
Sarah777 at en.wikipedia. IMG 4547wParkWest. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AIMG_4547wParkWest.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Sarah777 at en.wikipedia
Photograph / reproduction date: 27 November 2006 (original upload date)
Dave & Margie Hill / Kleerup from Centennial, CO, USA. Paestum Museum (6120234757). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APaestum_Museum_%286120234757%29.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Dave & Margie Hill / Kleerup from Centennial, CO, USA
Photograph / reproduction date: 2011-05-26 11:42
Dave & Margie Hill / Kleerup from Centennial, CO, USA. Paestum Museum (6120234757). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APaestum_Museum_%286120234757%29.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Dave & Margie Hill / Kleerup from Centennial, CO, USA
Photograph / reproduction date: 2011-05-26 11:42
Richard Croft. Sisyphus - geograph.org.uk - 5846717. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisyphus_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5846717.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Richard Croft
Photograph / reproduction date: 2018-07-17
Richard Croft. Sisyphus - geograph.org.uk - 5846717. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisyphus_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5846717.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Richard Croft
Photograph / reproduction date: 2018-07-17
Hartmut Wiesner. Sisyphos. CC BY 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108907694
Hartmut Wiesner. Sisyphos. CC BY 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108907694
Man rolling a rock. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110062794
Man rolling a rock. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110062794
Eddydu92. Le rocher de Sisyphe et son sculpteur Alix Marquet 1933. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALe_rocher_de_Sisyphe_et_son_sculpteur_Alix_Marquet_1933.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Eddydu92
Photograph / reproduction date: 1933-01-20
Eddydu92. Le rocher de Sisyphe et son sculpteur Alix Marquet 1933. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALe_rocher_de_Sisyphe_et_son_sculpteur_Alix_Marquet_1933.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Eddydu92
Photograph / reproduction date: 1933-01-20
FakirNL. Sculptuur 'Hand van de hand van Sisyphus' door Ed van Teeseling, Meester van Coothstraat 34, Druten. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASculptuur_%27Hand_van_de_hand_van_Sisyphus%27_door_Ed_van_Teeseling%2C_Meester_van_Coothstraat_34%2C_Druten.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: FakirNL
Photograph / reproduction date: 2022-08-30
FakirNL. Sculptuur 'Hand van de hand van Sisyphus' door Ed van Teeseling, Meester van Coothstraat 34, Druten. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASculptuur_%27Hand_van_de_hand_van_Sisyphus%27_door_Ed_van_Teeseling%2C_Meester_van_Coothstraat_34%2C_Druten.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: FakirNL
Photograph / reproduction date: 2022-08-30
Gerd Fahrenhorst. Sisyphus, Walsrode, Mohamed Abla. собрание не указано. CC BY 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisyphus%2C_Walsrode%2C_Mohamed_Abla.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Gerd Fahrenhorst
Photograph / reproduction date: 2018-12-15 10:44:08
Gerd Fahrenhorst. Sisyphus, Walsrode, Mohamed Abla. собрание не указано. CC BY 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisyphus%2C_Walsrode%2C_Mohamed_Abla.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Gerd Fahrenhorst
Photograph / reproduction date: 2018-12-15 10:44:08
Arnaud Cohen. Sisyphus is a woman - Arnaud Cohen 2016 Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisyphus_is_a_woman_-_Arnaud_Cohen_2016_Palais_de_Tokyo%2C_Paris%2C_France.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Arnaud Cohen
Photograph / reproduction date: 2018-01-08
Arnaud Cohen. Sisyphus is a woman - Arnaud Cohen 2016 Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASisyphus_is_a_woman_-_Arnaud_Cohen_2016_Palais_de_Tokyo%2C_Paris%2C_France.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Arnaud Cohen
Photograph / reproduction date: 2018-01-08
Paolo Monti. Servizio fotografico (Bologna, 1971). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APaolo_Monti_-_Servizio_fotografico_%28Bologna%2C_1971%29_-_BEIC_6339203.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Paolo Monti
Photograph / reproduction date: 1971
Paolo Monti. Servizio fotografico (Bologna, 1971). собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APaolo_Monti_-_Servizio_fotografico_%28Bologna%2C_1971%29_-_BEIC_6339203.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Paolo Monti
Photograph / reproduction date: 1971
Prof. Mortel. Metope from the Sanctuary of Hera, near Paestum, ca. 510 BCE, Paestum Museum (4). собрание не указано. CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMetope_from_the_Sanctuary_of_Hera%2C_near_Paestum%2C_ca._510_BCE%2C_Paestum_Museum_%284%29.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Prof. Mortel
Photograph / reproduction date: 2019-06-07 11:43:28
Prof. Mortel. Metope from the Sanctuary of Hera, near Paestum, ca. 510 BCE, Paestum Museum (4). собрание не указано. CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMetope_from_the_Sanctuary_of_Hera%2C_near_Paestum%2C_ca._510_BCE%2C_Paestum_Museum_%284%29.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Prof. Mortel
Photograph / reproduction date: 2019-06-07 11:43:28
Pieter van Aelst. Justice. Patrimonio Nacional. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131283095
Pieter van Aelst. Justice. Patrimonio Nacional. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131283095
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- Wikipedia · Sisyphus · CC BY-SA 4.0
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