![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In his second encounter with death, the cunning Sisyphus instructed his wife not to bury his body. And Sisyphus was able to return to his kingdom. With the Ruler of the Underworld being chained, humans enjoyed a brief age of immortality. In the Underworld, Sisyphus managed to deceive Hades and put him in chains. Enraged, Zeus sentenced Sisyphus to death. Well, it all started when he helped the river-god Asopus find his lost daughter, who had been kidnapped by Zeus. How did Sisyphus come to be subjected to such a dreadful torment? This huge rock would just almost reach the summit before tumbling downhill. Homer called him “the most cunning of men,” and his death-defying antics infuriated Zeus, not once but twice.Īs a result, he was relegated to the demeaning task of pushing a massive rock up a steep slope. According to Greek mythology, Sisyphus was the King of Ephyra who became infamous for his crafty and wicked ingenuity. ![]()
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