Punishment of Sisyphus. Must keep rolling a great stone up hill. It continually falls down — Mythoi

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Punishment of Sisyphus. Must keep rolling a great stone up hill. It continually falls down.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Tedious punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q501.1

Filed across the traditions

Greek Frazer Apollodorus I 78 n. 3. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX
general Reinach Revue Archéologique 1903 (4) Series I 154ff.

Within the index

Filed under Unremitting torture as punishment.

Filed beside it

Punishment of Tantalus. Stands in a pool that ever recedes from his thirsty lips; branches of fruit spring away from him; stone over his head continually threatens to fall Punishment of Loki. A serpent above him continually drops venom in his face Punishment of Prometheus. Chained to a mountain with eagle preying on his vitals, which are restored nightly. (Punishment for theft of fire.) Punishment of Ixion. Lashed to a wheel which revolves continually Punishment of Io. Transformed to cow with gadfly ceaselessly pursuing Unremittent thirst as punishment Ceaseless humming (singing) as punishment for immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.) Spirit in hell must bathe people endlessly. (Cf. Q578.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Sleepless dragon Brazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5) Animal languages learned from serpent (not eaten). (Cf. B176.) Bird language Grateful animals Helpful serpent Tabu: falsely claiming the powers of a god Transformation and disenchantment at will Power of self-transformation received from a god Magic ship. (Cf. D1121.) Magic drug renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1240.) Symplegades. Rocks that clash together at intervals. (Cf. D931.)

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