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語源

From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).

発音

• IPA: /ˈsɪsɪfəs/

固有名詞

Sisyphus

1. (Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Proposal of Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 132:

     Indeed, I have looked upon the fable of Sisyphus as an allegory, and that his wife was the stone which so perpetually rolled back upon his hands, effectually retarding his weary progress up-hill.

派生語

• Sisyphus cooling
• Sisyphean
• Sisyphus effect

参考

• Glaucus

Further reading

• Sisyphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sisyphus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)