  in greek mythology sisyphus (; , sÃ­syphos) was a king of ephyra (now known as corinth). he was punished for chronic deceitfulness by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this action forever. == etymology == r. s. p. beekes has suggested a pre-greek origin and a connection with the root of the word ÏÎ¿ÏÏÏ, "wise".r. s. p. beekes, etymological dictionary of greek, brill, 2009, p. xxxiii. == mythology ==  sisyphus was the son of king aeolus of thessaly and enarete, and the founder and first king of ephyra (supposedly the original name of corinth) . he was the father of glaucus, ornytion, almus, and thersander by the nymph merope, the brother of salmoneus, and the grandfather of bellerophon through glaucus  homer iliad vi 152ss king sisyphus promoted navigation and commerce but was avaricious and deceitful. he also killed travellers and guests, a violation of xenia which fell under zeus' domain. he took pleasure in these killings because they allowed him to maintain his iron-fisted rule. sisyphus and salmoneus were known to hate each other as sisyphus had consulted with the oracle of delphi on just how to kill salmoneus without incurring any severe consequences for himself. from homer onwards, sisyphus was famed as the craftiest of men. he seduced salmoneus's daughter tyro in one of his plots to kill salmoneus, only for tyro to slay the children she bore by him when she discovered that sisyphus was planning on eventually using them to dethrone her father. king sisyphus also betrayed one of zeus' secrets by telling the river god asopus of the whereabouts of his daughter aeginahamilton, edith. "brief myths." mythology. (an asopides who was taken away by zeus) in return for causing a spring to flow on the corinthian acropolis. zeus then ordered thanatos, the personification of death, to c
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