Sisyphus

Reading notes

• Agamemnon §1 the stone that rolls down

  Sisyphus, condemned to heave uphill a stone that forever rolls back.

• The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §14 Sisyphus

  Underworld sinner condemned to roll a boulder forever uphill; cited among the classic punishments.

• Moral Letters to Lucilius §3.24.18 Sisyphus

  The cunning king of Corinth condemned in the underworld forever to roll a boulder uphill that rolls back down each time it nears the top.

• Hercules (Mad) §765 Sisyphus

  The sinner who forever heaves his great stone uphill.

• Hercules on Oeta §957 Let Sisyphus's neck rest

  Sisyphus, condemned in Tartarus to roll a stone forever uphill; Deianira would take his punishment.

• Medea §511 the grandsons of Sisyphus

  Sisyphus, founder of Corinth and byword for trickery; Creusa's Corinthian line descends from him.

• Medea §740 Sisyphus

  Founder of Corinth, damned to roll a stone uphill forever; his torment is wished on Creon.

• Octavia §615 Sisyphus

  A sinner condemned to roll forever uphill a stone that always rolls back.

• Phaedra §1230 the Aeolian old man

  Sisyphus, son of Aeolus, condemned forever to roll a stone uphill in the underworld.

• Thyestes §1 Sisyphus

  A sinner of the underworld condemned to roll a stone forever up a slope from which it always rolls back.