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Sisyphus
Sisyphus
Biographical Information
Real Name: King Sisyphus of Ephyra
Species: Mortal
Originally From: Ephyra, Greece
Family:

King Aeolus (Father)
Queen Enarete (Mother)

Physical Description
Gender: Male
Hair color: Orange/Red
Eye color: Green
Height: 6'4
Character Information
First appearance: Like a Rolling Stone
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Characters Male Mortals Villains Mythical The Underworld Season Two

Sisyphus is a prisoner of The Underworld who was too clever for his own good, having cheated death twice - once by chaining up Thanatos so that no beings could die, and again by successfully convincing Hades that he needed to return Earth to obtain a proper funeral, after being trapped by the Chair of Forgetfulness for trying to steal Persephone away from him.

Like a Rolling Stone[]

Burdened with the eternal, difficult, and repetitive task of rolling a large boulder up a moutain, only for the boulder to roll down again. He is freed by Cronus, but only as long as Sisyphus can elude Thanatos. Cronus provides him with metamorphesis provided that the person he chooses to take his place, is one of The Chosen Ones.

However, Sisyphus is unable to kill Theresa after he captures her, revealing that while he is a schemer, he is not a killer. He escapes while the heroes are temporarily unable to die, a result of convincing Thanatos to allow himself to be chained up until Theresa is rescued. Sisyphus is pursued by the God of death, who will stop at nothing to return Sisyphus to his place in The Underworld.

Mythology[]

King Sisyphus was the king of Ephyra. He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness. He was sentenced for killing guests and travelers to his castle in violation to his hospitality, seducing his niece, and reporting one of Zeus' sexual assaults.

When Zeus ordered Thanatos to chain up Sisyphus in Tartarus, Sisyphus tricked Thanatos by asking him how the chains worked and ended up chaining Thanatos; as a result there was no more death. Ares freed Thanatos and turn Sisyphus over to him. Later, Sisyphus had Persephone send him back to the surface to scold his wife for not burying him properly. Sisyphus was forcefully dragged back by Hermes when he refused to return.

In Tartarus, Sisyphus was forced to roll a large boulder up a mountainside, and when he almost reached the crest, it rolled back down the hill, and Sisyphus would have to start again. This represented the punishment of Sisyphus claiming that his cleverness surpassed that of Zeus, causing the god to make the boulder roll away from Sisyphus, binding Sisyphus to an eternity of frustration.

His name is the origin for the word "Sisyphean" which denotes a task which is undertaken with great effort but ultimately is pointless.

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