Sisyphean Effort

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In Greek mythologyarrow-up-right Sisyphus or Sisyphos (/ˈsɪsɪfəs/arrow-up-right; Ancient Greekarrow-up-right: Σίσυφος Sísuphos) was the king of Ephyraarrow-up-right (now known as Corintharrow-up-right). 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 influencearrow-up-right on modern culture, tasks that are both laboriousarrow-up-right and futilearrow-up-right are therefore described as Sisyphean (/ˌsɪsɪˈfiːən/arrow-up-right).

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