Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sisyphus

1 sense of sisyphus

Sense 1
Sisyphus -- ((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)
       INSTANCE OF=> mythical being -- (an imaginary being of myth or fable)