Sisyphus (disambiguation)
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Sisyphus
was a king punished in Tartarus
by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill in Greek mythology
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Sisyphus may also refer to:
Sisyphus
In Greek mythology Sisyphus was a king punished by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity...
was a king punished in Tartarus
Tartarus
In classic mythology, below Uranus , Gaia , and Pontus is Tartarus, or Tartaros . It is a deep, gloomy place, a pit, or an abyss used as a dungeon of torment and suffering that resides beneath the underworld. In the Gorgias, Plato In classic mythology, below Uranus (sky), Gaia (earth), and Pontus...
by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill in Greek mythology
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
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Sisyphus may also refer to:
- 1866 Sisyphus1866 Sisyphus1866 Sisyphus is a binary Apollo asteroid which, at approximately 10 km in diameter, is the largest of the Earth-crossing asteroids. It is comparable in size to the Chicxulub object whose impact may have killed off the dinosaurs....
, an Apollo asteroid - Sisyphus (beetle)Sisyphus (beetle)Sisyphus is a genus of dung beetles. One common species is Sisyphus schaefferi ....
, a genus of dung beetles - Sisyphus (dialogue)Sisyphus (dialogue)The Sisyphus is purported to be one of the dialogues of Plato. The dialogue is extant and was included in the Stephanus edition published in Geneva in 1578. It is now generally acknowledged to be spurious. The work dates from the fourth century BC, and the author was presumably a pupil of Plato.It...
, a spurious dialogue of Plato - Sisyphus, a 1971 album by Cold BloodCold BloodCold Blood is a long-standing soul-rock-jazz band founded by Larry Field in 1968 and originally based in the San Francisco East Bay area. They have also gone by the name Lydia Pense and Cold Blood due to the popularity of their lead singer, Lydia Pense....
- Stone Of Sisyphus, an album by the American rock band Chicago
- Sisyphus effectSisyphus effectIn ultra-low temperature physics, The Sisyphus Effect involves the use of specially selected laser light, hitting atoms from various angles to both cool and trap them in a potential well, effectively 'rolling' the atom down a hill of potential energy until it has lost its kinetic energy.It is named...
, a method of cooling below temperatures predicted by Doppler Cooling in Atomic Physics - The Myth of SisyphusThe Myth of SisyphusThe Myth of Sisyphus is a philosophical essay by Albert Camus. It comprises about 120 pages and was published originally in 1942 in French as Le Mythe de Sisyphe; the English translation by Justin O'Brien followed in 1955....
, an essay by Albert Camus
See also
- SysyphusSysyphus"Sysyphus" is an avant-garde, instrumental four part suite written and performed by rock band Pink Floyd's keyboardist Richard Wright. The song is featured on his portion of the studio half of Ummagumma...
, an avant-garde piece of music in four parts composed in 1969 by Richard Wright of Pink Floyd