• n.
    ⦿(Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again

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ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:Sisyphus
wn:interlingual indexili:i86537

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rdfs:labelSisyphus