id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt simple-wikipedia-org-469 Sisyphus - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .html text/html 385 97 76 Sisyphus Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Sisyphus (Σίσυφος, Sísyphos) was a legendary person in Greek mythology.[1] According to the ancient story, Sisyphus was forced to roll a big rock up a hill, but it rolled back down and the task was never finished.[2] He was forced to repeat this over and over again forever.[3]The word "Sisyphean", which relates to a task which is undertaken with great effort but is ultimately pointless, is derived from the myth. ↑ Mythweb.com, "Sisyphus"; retrieved 2012-3-29. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sisyphus. Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sisyphus&oldid=6997316" Hidden categories: Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text Commons link is defined as the pagename Change source Main page Simple talk Related changes Page information Cite this page Page for printing Change links This page was last changed on 21 June 2020, at 07:41. ./cache/simple-wikipedia-org-469.html ./txt/simple-wikipedia-org-469.txt