History
Sisyphus was the son of Aeolus and Enarete,[4] and the king of Corinth.[1]
He eventually died at some point in unrevealed circumstances.[4]
As one of Zeus' most hated, he was sent to Tartarus where he was punished by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, repeating this action for eternity, a punishment that kept on in the modern era.[3]
When Hercules came to Tartarus to save his father from Pluto, Pluto threatened to have his step-father Amphitryon to forever dangle by Sisyphus' loins.[5] The same day, the fight between Hercules and his shade caused the destruction of Sisyphus' stone, making him believe he was set him free, only to see a new rock magically appear before him.[2]
During the Chaos War, when the Chaos King assaulted Hell, Sisyphus was asked by Daimon Hellstrom to clear them a path out of Hell.[6]
Notes
- According to Galactus and Molecule Man, almost every civilizations in the known universe has its own variation close to the story of Sisyphus' punishment.[7]
- The tale of Sisyphus has birthed the expression "Sysiphean effort", as used by Dr. Voodoo in Deadpool: Last Days of Magic #1.
Trivia
- When Sisyphus' stone was destroyed, another one magically appeared with te sound "Sisy-Poof".[2]
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