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# Sisyphean Effort

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In [Greek mythology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology) **Sisyphus** or **Sisyphos** ([/ˈsɪsɪfəs/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English); [Ancient Greek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek): Σίσυφος Sísuphos) was the king of [Ephyra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cichyrus) (now known as [Corinth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth)). He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when it nears the top, repeating this action for eternity. Through the [classical influence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classicism) on modern culture, tasks that are both [laborious](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laborious#Adjective) and [futile](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/futile#Adjective) are therefore described as **Sisyphean** ([/ˌsɪsɪˈfiːən/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)).