Word
Sisyphus, n.
(Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again
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Sisyphus
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derivationally related form
Sisyphean
Sisyphean
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domain of synset (topic)
legend, fable
domain of synset (region)
Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas
instance hypernym
mythical being