| 单词 | Sisyphus |
| 例句 | “Maybe, but he didn’t have to be such a douche about it. I can’t believe he imagined a future for Sisyphus the Hamster but not for Anna’s mom.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Those that survived this “natural selection” would restart the grim cycle again—Sisyphus moving from one famine to the next. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Right, and also of course what fate awaited Sisyphus the Hamster.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I could just make out a tiny hill, with the ant-size figure of Sisyphus struggling to move his boulder to the top. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He was the son of Sisyphus who in Hades must forever try to roll a stone uphill because he once betrayed a secret of Zeus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anna’s mom, the Dutch Tulip Man, Sisyphus the Hamster, I mean, just—what happens to everyone.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “In the old days, a guy named Sisyphus tricked Death and tied him up. Another time, Hercules wrestled him to the ground.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And lastly—I realize that this is the kind of deep and thoughtful question you always hoped your readers would ask—what becomes of Sisyphus the Hamster? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z In a statement accompanying the lawsuit, filed by his Sisyphus Touring company, Leto said he hoped it would “encourage more people to stop trafficking in stolen goods.” Jared Leto Sues TMZ Over Taylor Swift Diss Video 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The guitarist, Juliana Almeida, started the riff for the song “Imagine Sisyphus,” and Ms. Mooney jumped into it instantly, yelling about working too hard for too little, feeling depersonalized and defeated. Replica and La Misma, Hard-Core Bands at Acheron 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Like Camus wrote, “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” Review | In chaotic times, Mizmor’s heavy metal is a model of composure 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z “We must imagine Sisyphus happy,” Camus famously wrote, and such a prompt is the ennobling virtue at the core of “Solitary.” The Stoic Philosopher of the Lockup 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Sisyphus will continue to get paid for rolling that boulder up the hill. ‘The Deuce’ Season 1, Episode 6: ‘Housecleaning’ 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The repetitiveness of work, Sisyphus pushing his boulder uphill, the inexorable reality of gravity’s pull, the futility and heroism of it all — these interpretations might come to mind watching “Slant Board.” Dance Review: An Uphill Battle, All in the Name of Art 2011-04-15T23:02:56Z In “The Myth of Sisyphus,” Albert Camus’s landmark essay, it is precisely this conception of daily life that foments suicidal thinking. The Two Faces of Suicide 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z And she sometimes feels like Sisyphus, he of the unending boulder-push. A Thousand Cuts: inside a chilling documentary on Maria Ressa 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z So, Sisyphus, what have you been up to lately? Style Invitational Week 1103: Themes good to us — pair a TV show and a song 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z If it gives those individuals a quick boost and it helps them get over the hill, boy, that would be amazing but those hills — I don’t know if you’ve noticed, we’re all Sisyphus. Jon Stewart Has a New Talk Show, but He Plans to do More Listening 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Soon I felt like Sisyphus, wheeling the rock uphill everyday for it to roll back down every night. How I learned to love my $95,000 student debt 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z For Camus, Sisyphus is “the absurd hero,” condemned to search for meaning — to keep pushing uphill — in the total absence of meaning. Review: Compassion Is Expensive for a Cabby in ‘Old Stone’ 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Camus compares the human condition to the fate of Sisyphus, eternally condemned to push a rock up a hill, a fable that will resonate with all those obliged to work for a living. Michael Foley's top 10 absurd classics 2010-04-21T05:00:00Z But she sees that she is Sisyphus pushing a sliding boulder uphill. Even Silence Has an End by Ingrid Betancourt 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z There’s little of this strength in Guercino’s “Sisyphus,” which uses buckling pen lines to convey the doomed king’s eternal fatigue. Art Review: ?An Italian Journey,? 200 Years of Drawings at the Met 2010-06-17T21:35:00Z Yes, in some households Sisyphus owns a tow truck. The dishes will never be done 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z In their midst, aglow with a devastating mix of determination and bafflement, is Hester, a Sisyphus of the streets, forever struggling in vain to move upward. Review: ‘In the Blood’ and the Singular Talent of Suzan-Lori Parks 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z As Albert Camus wrote in “The Myth of Sisyphus”: “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” The ACLU sues the NSA over mass Internet 'upstream' surveillance 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The song was “Desert of Absurdity,” a 10-minute opus inspired by Albert Camus’s “The Myth of Sisyphus,” a philosophical essay that confronts the absurdity of existence via that old Greek story about a doomed boulder-pusher. Review | In chaotic times, Mizmor’s heavy metal is a model of composure 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Adam’s problem is that of the myth of Sisyphus; Eve’s problem is Adam. | Tilda Swinton 2014-03-11T19:00:39Z In others, they are instruments of divine comeuppance, like the boulder of Sisyphus or the mark of Cain. Turning the ‘Curse of Ham’ Into a Blessing 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z In Wood’s painting, Sisyphus is pushing not a boulder, but a plate. The dishes will never be done 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z On his home computer is a folder with materials that led to “Nothing,” including documents on Sisyphus eternally pushing a boulder uphill, Japanese kamikaze pilots and a 1775 English essay on suicide. Tsang Kin-wah Channels His Outrage in a New Show 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z He was working on a novel he would abandon titled “A Happy Death”; a play about the emperor Caligula; and a philosophical essay, “The Myth of Sisyphus.” Review: ‘Looking for “The Stranger,”’ the Making of an Existential Masterpiece 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Tantalus got that fruit, Sisyphus got that boulder, Frank got his arsenal and an endless supply of bad men. The Punisher: was there ever a right time for Netflix's gun-toting vigilante show? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z But, unlike Sisyphus, these three are also expected to be grateful. Not Lost in Translation: Provocative Foreign Fiction 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z They described it in their pitch as “’Your greatest nightmare’ meets ‘Inception’ meets ‘Russian Doll’ meets ‘Sisyphus.’ An Art Professor Says A.I. Is the Future. It’s the Students Who Need Convincing 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z From Sisyphus to his boulder: It’s all about effort! Style Invitational: Think SHARP — a neologism contest 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z ATHENS, Greece — In Greek mythology, King Sisyphus pushed a boulder up a hill, over and over, forever, in a futile exercise that a few commentators have compared to international efforts to revive Greece's dire finances. Greek crisis: An odyssey seen through ancient myth 2012-06-24T11:41:12Z This routine is like Sisyphus in hell, and it's a scorcher. Review: Cirque du Soleil's 'Kooza' is more laughs and thrills than poetry and whimsy 2010-06-03T20:28:00Z Behind the laughter, James hankered after seriousness, plugging away like Sisyphus at poetry and critical essays, and later some fiction. Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z The child of Sisyphus and Mr. Whipple will be a fan of rock-and-roll. Style Invitational Week 1225: The Ideas of March 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z When Martin had an idea for a cartoon that debunks the myth of Sisyphus, Bliss couldn’t quite picture it, so Martin sent him some stick figures, with lines like, “Real Name Manny.” They Are Also 2 Wild and Crazy Guys 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The parable of Lucy and the football became our modern-day version of the myth of Sisyphus. Where has this Barack Obama been? If Obama had governed like this in 2009, he’d be a transformational, historic president 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The boulder of a modern Sisyphus is his or her email inbox. Are you a ‘cyberhoarder’? Five ways to declutter your digital life – from emails to photos 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z “What counts is not the best living but the most living,” Camus says in “The Myth of Sisyphus,” and Jackson brings us across the world to dive deep into this surplus. In Protest or Celebration, Four Poets Evoke a Sense of Endings 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Like Sisyphus with his boulder, each time the climber reached the top rung, he looped to start anew. Lustmord, Grouper explore noise and texture in deep Masonic Lodge set 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Keeping company with “Sisyphus” is Ludovico’s gripping, severely foreshortened drawing of a sleeping youth. Art Review: ?An Italian Journey,? 200 Years of Drawings at the Met 2010-06-17T21:35:00Z The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus This is the finest theoretical work on absurdity. Michael Foley's top 10 absurd classics 2010-04-21T05:00:00Z He worked as a book editor for Knopf, where he helped oversee the publication of “The Myth of Sisyphus” by Albert Camus. Henry Carlisle, Aided Oppressed Writers, Dies at 84 2011-07-15T03:31:57Z Albert Camus' famous opening sentence from "The Myth of Sisyphus" is obviously directed to people who aren't standing on the window ledge. To be or not to be: Playwrights on the complex issue of suicide 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z And not just any myth, but one as inevitable as that of Sisyphus, in which persistence is the only victory. Rereading 'To Kill a Mockingbird': It lingers, but not in the way he expected 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Then he spiraled up the hill, or tried to, repeatedly doubling back and revising his route, Sisyphus in a Fiat, because some streets were blocked and others dead-ended. Europe Issue: High-End Dining in Italy 2011-09-30T19:04:19Z The show featured, among other things, a re-enactment of the Sisyphus myth by the school’s tae kwon do club. Up Close: He Puts the Maximus in the Circus 2011-05-04T18:07:02Z To paraphrase the conclusion of Camus’s essay “The Myth of Sisyphus”: one must imagine George Steel happy. Critic?s Notebook: Ushering City Opera Into a New Era 2011-08-12T22:27:56Z That got me thinking about the Greek myth of Sisyphus pushing a rock up hill and overcoming challenges on broad terms. "What took you so long?" Mustache icon John Oates on being the furry face of Movember 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z It’s a twist on the Greek myth of Sisyphus, who is sentenced by the gods to spend eternity pushing a boulder up a mountain, letting it roll down, and then pushing it back up. The dishes will never be done 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z America should elect Sisyphus: He’s been in training for this kind of job all his afterlife. Style Invitational: Explain a concept using only 1-syllable words 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Although the movie advances an obvious critique of contemporary China, a bureaucratic labyrinth from which there seems to be no escape, its title also suggests Albert Camus’s essay “The Myth of Sisyphus.” Review: Compassion Is Expensive for a Cabby in ‘Old Stone’ 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Sisyphus moved the boulder to the top of the hill. It May Be the Most Cursed Film Ever. These 5 Crew Members Saw It Through. 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z With a string ensemble, a hopscotching melody, homey piano chords and guest vocals from James Mercer of the Shins, “My Resolve” contemplates art-making and Sisyphus. Best Songs of 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Of course, that wasn’t the point of the king’s eternal punishment … But given he hasn’t watched Zoolander, I guess we can’t expect him to have googled Sisyphus. Who let Brad Pitt’s fashotainment shoot happen? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Using spray paint and a cherry picker he painted the mythological father and son Aeolus and Sisyphus locked in an imagined struggle. Street Art Goes Mainstream in Rome 2010-04-16T10:00:00Z OK, so there are non-sequiturs, existentialist one-liners and a routine about career options as represented by Icarus and Sisyphus. Simon Munnery ? review 2011-02-14T22:30:01Z One of Conrad's final images showed Bush as Sisyphus, rolling a huge boulder labeled ''Iraq'' up a hill. Paul Conrad, Cartoonist, Dies at 86 2010-09-04T20:34:00Z “I did not imagine the wave of tears that came, because … like Sisyphus being able to put down a 200-pound rock, I wasn’t even aware of how much pressure I was under.” Post-strike Hollywood rushes to get film, TV sets humming 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Now that my car has been towed, I feel more like Sisyphus, punished for eternity never to get that boulder over the hill. Opinion: I can't afford to pay parking tickets, so my car got towed. It upended my life 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The Sisyphus rule: If the number is even, divide by two. What Number Comes Next? The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences Knows. 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Now, like a beleaguered video-game avatar staggering to the big-bang finish, he faces an uphill climb and a series of smackdowns to make both Sisyphus and Wile E. Coyote grunt in sympathy. Review: Something ‘Wick’-ed this way comes (again) 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Nemo becomes a figure straight out of Greek mythology, reckoning with the forces of creation and destruction, but it’s unclear whether he’s Sisyphus, Prometheus or perhaps even Icarus. Review: Trapped and alone, Willem Dafoe transcends art in psychological thriller 'Inside' 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z From Moore, it will require the fortitude of Sisyphus. Opinion | A different kind of inauguration in Annapolis 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z “I feel like Sisyphus, for Christ’s sake,” he said of battling the illegal trade, only to see it mushroom. Why legal weed is failing in one of California’s legendary pot-growing regions 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z While still pondering Sisyphus, Dr. Sloane is also — always — keeping tabs on any number of consequential developments and discoveries. What Number Comes Next? The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences Knows. 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z For example, we’ve had a giant rock — we re-created the Sisyphus etymology story. Present this ticket designed by Victor Barragán when it’s time to ride rafa esparza 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z But come election night her campaign may regret she didn’t focus more of her efforts, all this year, on pushing the Sisyphus rock of local Republican politics: King County. Sorry, everywhere else: The election’s going to come down to King County 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z This “impulse for meaning” is something Puschak also notices in the work of French philosopher Albert Camus, who details his “appetite for the absolute” in his essay “The Myth of Sisyphus.” Review | YouTube’s Nerdwriter, Evan Puschak, takes his essays to the page 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z An industrial-strength Sisyphus machine, the relentless contraption is grimly disturbing. Review: Spanish conquistadors and plastic vomit: That's 'Lifes' at UCLA Hammer Museum 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Players also won’t be able to play cooperatively in the new Tower of Sisyphus area, the game’s first-person “House” sequences, and in challenge mode. Returnal is getting co-op and a survival mode in a free ‘Ascension’ update 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z It is true that police reform at times is like Sisyphus pushing the rock uphill only to see it fall back. A long wait for SPD reform 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z A graphic animation of a boulder-like form rolling up a hill, as if by Sisyphus, and then rolling back down before it clears the summit illustrates his point. Review | ‘Who We Are’: A documentary history of racism holds a mirror up to America 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z It's a little bit Sisyphus, over and over. A neuroscientist explains why striving for efficiency is a bad idea 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z I guess that means that both Cassandra and Sisyphus — one seeing the future; the other never quite getting there — are IN. Perspective | A blast from the past: A 14-year-old’s In and Out list from 1973 is strangely familiar 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z The Tower of Sisyphus, meanwhile, will offer players a series of 20 floors of increasingly difficultly that they’ll be able to battle their way through — presumably, with some new mysteries to uncover along the way. Returnal is getting co-op and a survival mode in a free ‘Ascension’ update 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z “Still, we can be happy. Even poor Sisyphus could figure that much out. And that’s saying something.” Review: Miriam Toews' 'Fight Night' is the 'Ted Lasso' of novels, for better and worse 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Frustrated South Koreans compared the struggle to that of Sisyphus. Want a Vaccine Reservation in South Korea? Try Waiting 111 Hours. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Sure, it’s a Sisyphean task in which humanity is Sisyphus and the boulder being eternally pushed uphill is Earth itself. A Modest Proposal: Let’s Change Earth’s Orbit 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Most unexpected, to me was that they suddenly passed versions of the climate change legislation they’ve been pushing up a hill like Sisyphus for the past two decades. It’s Seattle’s state now in politics, and everybody else is living in it 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The Obamas and their presidential center team must feel like they’re Sisyphus, only with a boulder the size of Saturn to heave uphill. Illinois Editorial Roundup: 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z After several weeks of homemaking and home-schooling, I felt more like Sisyphus, pushing a boulder up a hill just to watch it roll down again, every day. Opinion | I Am Not a Housewife. I’m a Prepper. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Camus was preoccupied with the absurd — with Sisyphus condemned, like mankind, to pushing a stone up a hillside. Perspective | In Camus’ ‘The Plague,’ lessons about fear, quarantine and the human spirit 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Sam’s journey reminded me of another character who is glimpsed briefly in the Odyssey: poor Sisyphus, rolling his rock up the hill. Hideo Kojima’s Strange, Unforgettable Video-Game Worlds 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z I read that life is absurd and tried to understand how Sisyphus was, at the end of the day, happy each time he pushed that rock up the hill because the struggle itself is enough. Opinion | The Book That Changed My Life 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Like Sisyphus, the characters go on because they don’t have any choice, but also, perhaps, because they’ve decided that a stone isn’t going to beat them. Preacher is unwatched, unloved, and doomed, but Tulip goes on 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Sisyphus was punished by Zeus to roll a rock up a hill for eternity. Southampton v Tottenham, Newcastle v Everton and more – live! 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Sisyphus can’t get his boulder to keep to the high ground. How the Idea of Hell Has Shaped the Way We Think 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z You will get all the fulfillment of a job well done that Sisyphus feels at the end of every day. Opinion | Job posting: White House chief of staff 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z In 1964, when I was 14, my father handed me “The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays,” by Albert Camus, and said, “You might enjoy this.” Opinion | The Book That Changed My Life 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z My Battlefield exploits now read more like The Myth of Sisyphus than a medal of honor citation. Battlefield V review: war never changes 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z And each spring the self-appointed Sisyphus of the Siskiyous starts another season. Couple dedicates life to clearing Kalmiopsis Trail 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Or as Camus put it: “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” Opinion | Stopping Climate Change Is Hopeless. Let’s Do It. 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z There were countdown clocks in store windows and a retail transformation at the Regent Street flagship, with themed rooms and “Sisyphus Reclined,” a three-floor scaffold immersive and interactive art installation by British artist Graham Hudson. London Fashion Week: Riccardo Tisci brings a fresh look to Burberry with his debut collection 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Great, Dave Roberts is now taking advice from fabled baseball great, Sisyphus. Letters: No Blue ribbons this season? 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z In his preface, Aridjis writes that he “often felt like Sisyphus, confronting the same problems over and over again, or Cassandra, prophesying disaster, or Don Quixote, because we sometimes seem like madmen tilting at windmills”. Can this man save Mexico's natural wonders? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z It is a repeating cycle of hard labor, akin to the Greek myth of Sisyphus, who rolled a massive boulder up a mountain each day only to have it tumble back down each night. Couple dedicates life to clearing Kalmiopsis Trail 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Q. If the gods return Sisyphus to Earth, will his job be to interpret NFL rules on hitting, catching and the national anthem? Perspective | Watching an MLB game is like attending a Gallagher show where no watermelons are smashed 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Students at nearby tables chatted in Spanish, Japanese, Russian, and English; next to me, a student alternated between reading a battered copy of “The Myth of Sisyphus,” by Camus, and checking Facebook on her phone. How Social-Media Trolls Turned U.C. Berkeley Into a Free-Speech Circus 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z “Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition,” wrote Simone de Beauvoir, in The Second Sex, published in 1949. Dirty secret: why is there still a housework gender gap? 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z The collection was inspired by the arrogant King Sisyphus, who was condemned by Zeus to roll a boulder up a hill and down forever. Stars turn out for swansong of Louis Vuitton designer 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z But while the task of rolling the boulder was forced upon Sisyphus, Howe has taken on the punishing labor of wilderness trail work by choice. Couple dedicates life to clearing Kalmiopsis Trail 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Even the labors of Sisyphus must end sometime. A Mystery Solved: Why the ‘Sisyphus Stones’ Rise and Tumble 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Again and again the soldier thinks he’s homeward bound; again and again he is flung, like Sisyphus, back to where he started. Cerebral and tense, “Dunkirk” is a remarkable film 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The reader may be reminded less of the Aeneid than of the myth of Sisyphus, whose story never ends. Physics: Revelations of fundamental science : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Jukin has managed to create a sense of purpose in what might otherwise resemble a digital myth of Sisyphus. How Jukin Media Built a Viral-Video Empire 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z And if the stream of incoming emails is endless, Inbox Zero can never bring liberation: you’re still Sisyphus, rolling his boulder up that hill for all eternity – you’re just rolling it slightly faster. Why time management is ruining our lives | Oliver Burkeman 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z It seems an impossible task, the modern version of Sisyphus, only the rocks are rolling themselves up while the job is keep them down. An Agent Shot a Boy Across the U.S. Border. Can His Parents Sue? 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Otherwise, the job would be much like Sisyphus, of Greek mythology, who pushed a huge boulder up a mountain only to watch it roll back down - over and over for eternity. Team of counselors, teachers help kids cope with trauma 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Like Sisyphus, the lone figure continues to toil at his impossible task, dismantling the ruined airport stone by stone. Putin’s Angels: the bikers battling for Russia in Ukraine 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Like the heavy boulder that Sisyphus was condemned to push up a mountain, only to watch it roll down, for eternity, this name evokes 118’s emblematic characteristics.” Godzillium vs. Trumpium: Some Suggestions to Add to the Periodic Table 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z District Court: Under the name Sisyphus Productions, his company, Leto accused TMZ and its associates not of invasion of privacy but rather of copyright infringement. Jared Leto sues TMZ over video that shows him bashing on Taylor Swift tunes 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z “There’s a feeling of Sisyphus pushing the rock up the mountain,” Mr. Kerry acknowledged. Kerry in Familiar Spot: Trying to Coax Deal in Meeting’s Closing Days 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The flag group is nicknamed “Team Sisyphus” because they constantly walk up and down the stairs, delivering bundles of flags. A day with Portland's tifo creators: 'We do it for the players' 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The first demonstration in the video is a more traditional version of the Sisyphus sculpture. Watch Lego Sisyphus push a boulder, reflect on the fact that it's only Wednesday 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z But all is not lost for Sisyphus any more than it’s lost for man. 'Fargo' recap: 'Know thyself' 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z On Tuesday evening, he staged a fashion fable that opened with a child in a white shirt pushing a large red ball of fabric across a vast loft, like a baby Sisyphus. In an era of yoga pants and reality TV, here’s how Paris is fighting to take back fashion 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z A relief found in an ancient storehouse near Paestum, Campania, Italy, depicts Sisyphus pushing the boulder while being hampered by a winged demon. Greece's debt crisis explained, in mythological terms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z “Anybody who’s in charge of eradicating rats in New York knows exactly what Sisyphus felt like.” New York City Escalates the War on Rats Once Again 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z And talking they do: In a situation not dissimilar to Sisyphus and his boulder, the buyer is forced through a complex cookie cutter sales process, only to repeat it with the next vendor. How Technology Can Fix The B2B Sales Process 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z In French philosopher Albert Camus’ essay “The Myth of Sisyphus,” from which this week’s episode of “Fargo” takes its name, he speaks at length about his philosophy of the absurd. 'Fargo' recap: 'Know thyself' 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Still, Clinton might be Sisyphus this cycle with the races leaning decidedly Republican in recent weeks. Bill Clinton Tries to Save Democrats in Arkansas 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z According to Greek myth, the gods condemned Sisyphus, the ruthless king of Corinth, to the fruitless, never-ending task of rolling a heavy stone up a hill only for it to roll back down again. Greece's debt crisis explained, in mythological terms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z But that rock turned out to be a boulder, the cliff was a steep incline, and the Angels were Sisyphus. Angels' October surprise: Season ends way too early as Royals sweep 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z There are “feelings of helplessness and guilt. It’s a bit like Sisyphus; you try to do your best, but you know there’s so much work out there to do.” ‘It’s despair on all fronts,’ says Ebola aid worker The reason, Camus muses, is that in accepting the futility of the struggle, man and Sisyphus alike find freedom from the absurdity of their situation and eventually settle somewhere significantly closer to contentedness. 'Fargo' recap: 'Know thyself' 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Were Sisyphus around today, he wouldn’t be pushing boulders up hills, but trying to buy fairly priced housing amid a massive bubble. Enfield tears up rules in radical attempt to ease housing problem 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z To explain why, he quotes Camus: “Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. … The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” Blue Bottle Coffee and the Next Wave of Artisanal Coffee Shops 2014-05-01T19:15:25Z It can feel like Sisyphus with a baseball. Mariners pitching prospect Danny Hultzen’s long road back from major shoulder surgery 2014-03-02T03:47:18Z I often think of the myth of Sisyphus where Camus's famous novel says we must imagine that Sisyphus is happy pushing his rock up the hill. 'Wide spectrum' of airport proposals 2013-08-07T13:11:07Z If the law ends up being the wrong path, then debt becomes the rock that Sisyphus had to push uphill for the rest of his life. Law school is a sham 2013-04-06T16:00:00Z "It feels like Sisyphus rolling a rock up the hill, and the hill keeps getting steeper." Analysis: The near impossible battle against hackers everywhere 2013-02-24T08:04:11Z Trying to stop the flow of narcotics is akin to the legendary Sisyphus futilely pushing a boulder uphill, says Fernando Carrera, Guatemala’s foreign minister. Winding down the war on drugs: Towards a ceasefire 2013-02-21T16:03:39Z Mini-golf may be the closest most of us get to really understanding Sisyphus. House Proud: A Minnesota Sculptor Creates an Artistic Mini-Golf Course 2012-10-10T22:00:06Z If everyday buyers step in and prices hold, we’ll need to find a new Greek myth because Sisyphus will no longer apply. Why Home Price Gains Might Actually Stick This Time 2012-08-28T16:54:33Z "This is like Sisyphus, pushing the boulder up the cliff," said Colin Clark, a developer at technology consulting firm Cloud Event Processing, which works with top Wall Street banks on such issues. Insight: Morgan Stanley brokers chafe at new system's glitches 2012-08-03T20:34:08Z Then she trudged off to the railway station; and went home, like Sisyphus or the Danaides, to take up her apparently impossible task. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Titian also painted, while at Augsburg, King Ferdinand, the brother of Charles, Queen Mary of Hungary, "Prometheus," "Sisyphus," "Ixion," and "Tantalus" at her request, besides many other pictures. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Unlike Sisyphus, they were but exerting an honourable ambition, but like him they were rolling a stone up-hill which constantly rolled back again. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Bellerophon, a brave young prince, the grandson of Sisyphus, King of Corinth, had the great misfortune to kill his own brother while hunting in the forest. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life” I am a big fan of the existentialist philosophers, especially Albert Camus, who wrote one of the best works of philosophy in the Myth of Sisyphus. The Geek Playlist: Monty Python 2012-02-13T06:29:57Z I neede not to tell thee, Meg," father sayth, "of ye unprofitable labour of Sisyphus, nor of drawing water in a sieve. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Here, where the "field" stretches away unbroken by fence or hedge to the horizon, a day's journey in either direction for those plodding oxen, the task truly appears more hopeless than the labours of Sisyphus. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z That is one's own private labor of Sisyphus. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Another criminal was Sisyphus, who, while king of Corinth, had misused his power, had robbed and killed travelers, and even deceived the gods. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Camus ends his essay saying: I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! The Geek Playlist: Monty Python 2012-02-13T06:29:57Z In pursuit of this chimera she performed labours which, if not worthy of Hercules, at least resembled those of Sisyphus in that they had to be done over and over again. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z The useless exertions of a section of moral philosophers to eliminate not only Hedonism but also Eudæmonism from moral action are a veritable labour of Sisyphus. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z It is one labor of Sisyphus the more for a man to say this is Petronius to a world for whom Petronius can never exist. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z It is, nevertheless, very difficult to rid one's self of the cares of each day, the rock of Sisyphus which rolls back on us continually. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. The Geek Playlist: Monty Python 2012-02-13T06:29:57Z In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned by the gods to push a giant rock up a hill for eternity. Earth artist Michael Heizer?s 340-ton boulder work expected to get things rocking at LA museum 2011-10-03T21:10:43Z It would be the fable of Sisyphus illustrated in the passing of each generation of human beings. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z A mere labor of Sisyphus, I assure you, my dear fellow. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Among these the story of a sort of Sisyphus errant, Le Chevalier de Barizel, offers an ethical interest which lifts it in certain respects above all other surviving fabliaux. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z How much we have to suffer in our youth from men who think they are inviting us to a delightful pleasure-party, when they undertake to introduce us to the Danaides or Sisyphus! Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z It really does seem like Sisyphus—just as one has rolled the stone close to the top of the hill, down it goes again, and all one's work has to be done over again. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z They stare aghast: it is the task of Sisyphus—the labour of the Danaide; as fast as thought enters their mind, it goes out again. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z It was the heel of Achilles a while back, and now it is the stone of Sisyphus! Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z In the first, Sisyphus flees the boulder he is endlessly pushing up a hill. Letter from China: A Message of Tolerance, Unrepressed 2011-04-27T15:30:29Z He explained he was fulfilling a religious instruction not to step on the name of God, but in what amounted to a 10-mile-square fairground strewn with the things it was a job for Sisyphus. In Little Iran, There's No Mistaking the Stakes 2011-04-22T08:05:14Z The producers thus brilliantly illustrate the scientist, in the person of Masuka, as a modern-day Sisyphus, working tirelessly to advance civilization amid an environment of violence and chaos. Killer Entertainment 2011-04-06T12:15:00.267Z Alas for poor humanity! he found the task more wearisome than the labour of Sisyphus, or the toil of the daughters of Dan�us. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Strong men have tried to lift that stone of Sisyphus, and to-day their bones whiten the cemeteries. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Creon is, however, apparently descended from the ancient king Sisyphus. Medea of Euripedes 2011-03-03T03:00:47.283Z The king punished Sisyphus by making him push an enormous boulder up a mountain. Cameron Dollar builds Seattle University men's basketball from the ground up 2011-02-13T02:09:47Z The ever-whirling wheel of journalism—that modern realisation of the labour of Sisyphus—had carried him round and round without giving him even time to remember that time was flying. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z It was an uphill struggle; Sisyphus pushing up the mountain the stone of human perverseness, human stupidity, human self-will, which threatened all the time to roll back and grind him to powder. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z May that day never dawn, that day of shame and woe, When in one house are joined the low-born and the high, The sons of that foul robber Sisyphus, and these The sons of Phoebus. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Three nights in succession I began my Sisyphus work, but I never got farther than 'My dear brethren!' Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Once Sisyphus reached the top, the boulder would roll back down the mountain, and he was forced to repeat the difficult task for an eternity. Cameron Dollar builds Seattle University men's basketball from the ground up 2011-02-13T02:09:47Z While 's all-time oldest World Cup squad play Sisyphus again in South Africa, Brooking is convinced his reforms are finally taking root. Trevor Brooking backs England under 17s to fit the bill...eventually 2010-06-19T22:00:00Z In his book, Lazenby referred to West as “the great Sisyphus of basketball.” From Distance, West Finds Peace With Lakers-Celtics Rivalry 2010-06-04T00:54:00Z And Marco G., like Sisyphus with a microphone, will keep hollering and dancing, prodding and preaching, trying to raise a little glory in the New Jersey swamp. M.C. Leads Nets? Cheers, for Everything but Wins 2010-03-20T00:59:00Z Thus Doridas, i.e. the Dorians in a patronymic form, is the descendant of Sisyphus. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 If moral endeavour were the last word, they insist, we should all of us be in the Hades of Sisyphus. The Sources Of Religious Insight The first rays of good working light find him again at his canvas, sometimes pleased and sometimes frowning, giving me often the impression of a latter-day Sisyphus. A Top-Floor Idyl Next was seen the afflicted Sisyphus under the great and ponderous stone, and with him the famished and miserable Tantalus, who was shown with the fruits so vainly desired close to his mouth. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index. That night, for the first time, Tancred entered fully into the feelings of Tantalus and those of Sisyphus too. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes When ten days went by, and no answer came, he understood for the first time what the fable of Tantalus might mean, and that of Sisyphus too. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Wretched humanity, rolling its stone of Sisyphus from age to age, inspires far more compassion than contempt. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty "My poor heart needs rest and ease, In the realm of shades I cry,— No lost soul is sad as I. Sisyphus I envy now, And the fair Danaïdes." Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine We stand before it like Sisyphus before the great rock which he rolled so laboriously and so vainly up that Tartarean hill. A Comparative Study of the Negro Problem The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 4 Fate, however, had decreed that I should play the rôle of Sisyphus at Washington. My Three Years in America And in the visitation of this comforting thought Tantalus and Sisyphus went back into the night from which they had come; in their place came again the blue-eyed divinity whose name is Hope. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel His name was Sisyphus, and he was punished in Tartarus—Pluto’s world below—by having always to roll a stone up a mountain so steep that it was sure to come down upon him again. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History How would it be, now, if you were to take a turn with our friend Sisyphus? The Casual Ward academic and other oddments A Sisyphus work is thus done with as much noise as possible, to the end of deceiving oneself and others on the score of the necessity for a radical change. Woman under socialism It is where Sisyphus is represented lifting his stone up the hill which is no sooner carried to the top of it, but it immediately tumbles to the bottom. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The stone of Sisyphus has been brought to the brow of the hill only to rebound again to the bottom. Bunyan If we are worsted, then the fate of the men of faith in principles will be that of Sisyphus, and the coming generation for half a century will have uphill work. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Human nature can never rest; once in motion it ——s like the stone of Sisyphus every instant when the resisting force is suspended. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions In antiquity it was disputed whether the drama Sisyphus was by Critias or Euripides; nowadays all agree in attributing it to Critias; nor does the style of the long fragment resemble that of Euripides. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Thy stone, O Sisyphus, stands still,10 Ixion rests upon his wheel, And the pale spectres dance; The Furies sink upon their iron beds, And snakes uncurl'd hang listening round their heads. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Better it were to roll the stone of Sisyphus all life-long, than spend it in such idleness as weighs upon the cities of Italy. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Thus it is that the ambitious continually roll before them the rock of Sisyphus! Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora With useless endeavour Forever, forever, Is Sisyphus rolling His stone up the mountain! Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature If I have dwelt in such detail on the Sisyphus fragment, it is because it is our first direct and unmistakable evidence of ancient atheism. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Hence, that first revolution would have to be repeated from time to time—a real Sisyphus labor! Principles Of Political Economy Sisyphus, who had lost some cattle, suspected Autolycus of being the thief, but was unable to bring it home to him, since he possessed the power of changing everything that was touched by his hands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" You men that give false worship unto Love, And seek that which you never shall obtain; The endless work of Sisyphus you prove, Whose end is this, to know you strive in vain. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age The legend of Sisyphus is connected with the early history of Corinth. Ancient States and Empires But, even if the Sisyphus fragment cannot be used to characterise its author as an atheist, it is, nevertheless, of the greatest interest in this connexion, and therefore demands closer analysis. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity But it would be uphill work, a sort of Sisyphus affair: you may get the stone to the top, but the chances are against it. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice The object of the story is to establish the close connexion between Hermes, the god of theft and cunning, and the three persons—Sisyphus, Odysseus, Autolycus—who are the incarnate representations of these practices. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Look out Sisyphus, the fall may be a terrible one! New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Sisyphus was the son of Æolus, and founded this wealthy city. Ancient States and Empires But it is more probable that it was a ready-made modern theory which Critias put into the mouth of Sisyphus. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The next two forms, Tantalus and Sisyphus, have also a kinship. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Sisyphus, with immense labour, pushing the stone up the lofty hill, which ever, his labour lost, rolls back from the top, shows that men’s miseries are endless. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes At present it is largely engaged in the futile task of Sisyphus. Moral Principles in Education Sisyphus was the grandfather of Bellerophon, whose beauty made him the object of a violent passion on the part of Antea, the wife of a king of Argos. Ancient States and Empires But it all proved as the labour of Sisyphus, for the seat was of sadly insufficient dimensions and adamantine hardihood, and whenever the bicycle-man released his hold, I instantaneously endured the total upset! Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. The power of these two types, Tantalus and Sisyphus, is shown by the fact that all ages since Homer have adopted them and wrought them over into many forms of art and poetry. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Do not let us be seen engaged in the idle labor of Sisyphus. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 Is the stone of Sisyphus the veiled myth of life? Floyd Grandon's Honor Over them reigned Sisyphus, according to tradition, the grandfather of Bellerophon who laid the foundation of mercantile prosperity. Ancient States and Empires To attempt to make the English numbers expressive as the Greek is a labour like that of Sisyphus. The Odyssey of Homer He is in quite the same punishment as Orion or even Sisyphus, the penalty of all finitude is upon him. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary He was tired of being "the Sisyphus of the stage, to roll up a stone with endless labour, which is perpetually falling down again." History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 "We shall take the Sisyphus and conclude our work there." Greener Than You Think What would not a man give, O judges, to be able to examine the leader of the great Trojan expedition; or Odysseus, or Sisyphus, or numberless others, men and women too! The Ontario High School Reader Take heed that you do not undertake more than you have time or opportunity to complete; or else, embarking upon a labour of Hercules you may liken yourself to Sisyphus. The Book-Hunter at Home Perhaps not a heavy punishment for one who is fond of hunting; yet a tremendous burden, if never interrupted with rest; indeed it becomes a labor quite like the labor of Sisyphus, ever repeated. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The stone of Sisyphus remained motionless; Tantalus forgot his perpetual thirst; the wheel of Ixion ceased to revolve; and even the Furies shed tears, and withheld for a time their persecutions. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome She asked nothing for herself, she said, being quite content to accept whatever fate Providence had in store for her, but, would I take her daughter and family along on the Sisyphus? Greener Than You Think She loved her lord, or thought so; but that love Cost her an effort, which is a sad toil, The stone of Sisyphus, if once we move Our feelings 'gainst the nature of the soil. Don Juan His toil, like that of Sisyphus, was ever being renewed when on the verge of completion. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea Sis´yphos, in Latin Sisyphus, a king of Corinth, noted for his avarice and fraud. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Pausanias says that the body of Melicertes was thrown on the Isthmus of Corinth where Sisyphus, his uncle, who reigned in that city, instituted the Isthmian games in his honor. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) They will stand by the Sisyphus on her voyage. Greener Than You Think Once more the wheel had come round, and the stone of Sisyphus was lodged more secure than before some way up the side of the hill. Henry VIII. Given a scanty confessional, and he is as gloomy as Sisyphus; given a hard, laborious day, and he is as bright as Ariel. My New Curate In time, Pluto released Death, and Sisyphus was caught, but prayed that he might speak to his wife before he went to Hadês. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 All business is at a standstill: Ixion rests upon his wheel; old Sisyphus sits down on his mountain, and his stone has fallen with a terrible plash into Acheron. The Infernal Marriage Under present conditions, the journey to Scotland being out of the question, we decided to use the Sisyphus again and the French coast. Greener Than You Think Well, such faith as yours is enough to inspire a man with courage to push the stone of Sisyphus to the top of the hill. The Heather-Moon It is the rock of Sisyphus that will always fall back upon them. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The prayer was granted, and Sisyphus told his wife not to bury him, for though she might think him dead, he would not be really so. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Without death, mankind would undergo the fate of Sisyphus, no future, and in the present the oppression of an intolerable task with an aching vacuum of motive. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Most of the Sisyphus' crew, including the captain, want to take their wives along. Greener Than You Think It is, at best, a labor of Sisyphus. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 She loved her Lord, or thought so; but that love Cost her an effort, which is a sad toil, The stone of Sisyphus, if once we move Our feelings 'gainst the nature of the soil. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 “Well, then,” said Sisyphus, “mine is at worst but everlasting hope.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The insulted deity wreaks his vengeance on the tired Sisyphus, the mocked Tantalus, the gnawed Tityus, and others. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Almost decided to outfit my personal yacht Sisyphus for that purpose. Greener Than You Think These things were laid at his door, and over and over again, like Sisyphus rolling the stones uphill, he swept them away from his threshold, only to find that they rolled right back again. A Certain Rich Man Begin again, poor Sisyphus; begin again, until your burden, falling for the last time, shall crush your head and set you free at length. Social Life in the Insect World The great contest in Germany is to maintain this bank metal reserve, and it is the task of Sisyphus and of herculean proportions. The Audacious War The cunning Sisyphus, who was so notorious for his treachery, by a shrewd plot obtained leave, after his death, to visit the earth again. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life August 30: Work on the Sisyphus proceeding slowly. Greener Than You Think "But what kind, Sir?" says I. "How the slithering Sisyphus should I know what kind?" he snaps. On With Torchy In allusion to these frantic gymnastics Latreille has given the insect the name of Sisyphus, after the celebrated inmate of the classic Hades. Social Life in the Insect World In the Rock of Sisyphus the poet says, "Formerly we kept the language that Nature herself put upon our lips." Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence Dealing with the same material and guided by the same principles, its production becomes inevitably hackneyed, artificial, lifeless; the Zeit-Geist, the Time-Spirit, is really a kind of Sisyphus, and the essence of life is movement. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture September 23: Ordered stocking of the Sisyphus with as much concentrates as she can carry. Greener Than You Think If we regard experience, purification from within is hopeless; the Failure of all reforms.struggle for it is only a repetition of the toil of Sisyphus, and always with the same sad issue. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans Begin again, poor Sisyphus, begin again, begin again always! Social Life in the Insect World The poem called The Stone of Sisyphus completes sufficiently the evidence necessary to exculpate Mistral of the charge of antipatriotism and makes clear his thought. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence This they apply as an emblem of endless and ineffectual labour, like the stone of Sisyphus, and the sieves of the Danaides. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants She demands flatly the Sisyphus take along at least fifty "nubile females in order to restock the world after its reconquest." Greener Than You Think And further, those who attempt to destroy religion as an irrational survival address themselves to the task of a Sisyphus. Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking The month of May is near; the Sisyphus should have appeared. Social Life in the Insect World There is the Figure of Prometheus chained to a Rock, the Vulture gnawing his Liver; Sisyphus rolling the Stone; the Belides, &c. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Perhaps Sisyphus does not so much mind the continual going up and down hill. In Luck at Last The capacity of the Sisyphus is not elastic. Greener Than You Think You have heard of Sisyphus, who was condemned eternally to roll a stone up a hill? The Grey Cloak The Sisyphus beetles harness themselves to provide an inheritance for their larvæ; the larger insects are concerned in obtaining the material for a banquet which the two chance-met partners will consume underground. Social Life in the Insect World Sisyphus therefore built Corinth about the latter end of the Reign of Solomon, or the beginning of the Reign of Rehoboam. The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great Ixion, on the other hand, no doubt, is full of pity for his poor friend Sisyphus. In Luck at Last September 7: F says she is ready to make new tests and what is holding up work on the Sisyphus? Greener Than You Think While he was rolling the Sisyphus stone of conversation uphill for the sixth or seventh time, Jack noticed a gentleman pass by and throw a more than ordinarily interesting glance their way. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary But even if the Sisyphus saw the obstacles she would not try to evade them: witness her obstinate endeavour to drag her load up the wire gauze of her cage! Social Life in the Insect World Sisyphus had to roll a huge stone forever up a hill for betraying the designs of the gods. Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I Ixion's wheel stood still, the Danaids set aside their leaky urns and Sisyphus sat on his stone to listen. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) I pointed out that the Sisyphus was my property and it would not sail until I was properly accommodated. Greener Than You Think But in this land of Sisyphus will I institute in addition to this a solemn festival and sacrifices hereafter to expiate this unhallowed murder. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. The Sisyphus of the naturalists knows nothing of these tribulations. Social Life in the Insect World Not from the loins of Sisyphus thou earnest, But from Achilles, who in life was held Noblest of men alive, and now o’ the dead. The Seven Plays in English Verse What if this were some gigantic trick of Destiny to keep him for the rest of his life in mid-air, ceaselessly toiling up, a latter-day Sisyphus, in a palanquin? Romance Island October 16: Decided, purely as a matter of convenience and not from panic, such as is beginning to affect even the traditionally stolid British, to move aboard the Sisyphus. Greener Than You Think Ill doth it become thee to incur ridicule from the race of Sisyphus, and from the nuptials of Jason, who art sprung from a noble father, and from the sun. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. There we shall find Sisyphus, cowering and waiting until the evening for fresher pasturage. Social Life in the Insect World Amongst his enemies, Odysseus was reputed to be the offspring of Sisyphus and not of Laertes. The Seven Plays in English Verse It was a task of Sisyphus; but she would not let it alone. Marcella Consulted the captain about a set of auxiliary sails for the Sisyphus. Greener Than You Think The son of Sisyphus knows all these matters. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Behold me the owner of six couples of Sisyphus beetles: an unheard-of number, which I had never hoped to obtain. Social Life in the Insect World But Tydeus’ offspring, and the rascal birth Laërtes bought of Sisyphus, they live: I know it. The Seven Plays in English Verse And yet another famous criminal he saw, Sisyphus, the most cunning and most covetous of the sons of men. Stories from the Odyssey I feel a pity for poor Sisyphus, poor fellow, rolling that stone to the top of the hill, and then having to do the work all over when the stone rolled to the bottom. Reveries of a Schoolmaster The ever-whirling wheel of journalism—that modern realization of the labor of Sisyphus—had carried him round without giving him even time to remember that time was flying. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People The Sisyphus seems to be aware of the peril which later on, in the dog-days, will threaten its "pear," small as it is, and so near the surface of the ground. Social Life in the Insect World To accomplish the task of Sisyphus, to crush an ant; to sweat all over with hate, and for nothing at all. The Man Who Laughs At first, a sense of joy alone possessed me, but soon the great bitter burden came rolling back upon my soul, like the stone of Sisyphus, which my sleeping soul had heaved away. Miriam Monfort A Novel In the English Bards and Scotch Reviewers the labors of Maurice are compared to those of Sisyphus So up thy hill, ambrosial Richmond, heaves Dull Maurice, all his granite weight of leaves. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden To some it seems to be easy, but to him it was a labour of Sisyphus. Tommy and Grizel One word more as to the fertility of the Sisyphus. Social Life in the Insect World I desire to be no longer the Sisyphus of the stage; to roll up a stone with endless labour, which, to follow the proverb, gathers no moss; and which is perpetually falling down again. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author The attempt to raise the standard of such a race is like the labour of Sisyphus in rolling his stone uphill; let the effort be relaxed for a moment, and the stone will roll back. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development He is by no means of the same opinion as Sisyphus in Lord Lytton's 'Tale of Miletus'— "Now, then, I know thou really art my friend,— None but true friends choose such unpleasant words". Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers This ascending and descending stopper is hollow, carpeted, with cushioned seats, and is watched over by two condemned souls, called conductors, one of whom is said to be named Ixion, and the other Sisyphus. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 No matter: the little I myself have seen gives me a high opinion of the domestic morals of the Sisyphus. Social Life in the Insect World It is where Sisyphus is represented lifting his Stone up the Hill, which is no sooner carried to the top of it, but it immediately tumbles to the Bottom. The Spectator, Volume 2. Alcyone's tears, or the sight to discover Of Sisyphus pallid for thee by the blue, bitter lights of the deep— Pallid, but patient for sorrow? The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens We have before our eyes Here in this life also a Sisyphus In him who seeketh of the populace The rods, the axes fell, and evermore Retires a beaten and a gloomy man. On the Nature of Things What a toil of Sisyphus was our conversation! The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories The labour has no visible result; it is a labour of Sisyphus, always to be commenced anew. Social Life in the Insect World But it is the stone of Sisyphus, and I am condemned to eter—! Anna St. Ives Only when you reach your objective point do you come to a full realization that you have not been the Sisyphus of the Red Gods. The Forest I wonder how Sisyphus felt when the stone kept rolling back upon him. Birds of Prey The cure of individual diseases, whilst we leave open the dark fountains from which they spring, is to labour like Sisyphus, and have our work continually returning upon our hands. Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians This is the fate of Tantalus and Sisyphus in one. The Story of Kennett I seem condemned to roll forever the rock of Sisyphus, and to feel that slow wearing away of the mind which befalls the man whose vocation and destiny are in perpetual conflict. Amiel's Journal What may be the motive for the perpetual labour, as useless, apparently, as the rolling of Sisyphus's stone? Tropic Days The pangs of Tantalus, of Prometheus, or of Sisyphus are but the types of what his shall be. Horace Making the escaping, unsatisfying stream of Sisyphus turn the mills of the gods. The French in the Heart of America Sisyphus—his labours were as nothing to it. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Oh! to go on, day by day, in such a work of Sisyphus, believe me, is no small sacrifice of any intelligent man to fatherland and humanity. Select Speeches of Kossuth Some said that Sisyphus had done his job of porterage long enough; Tantalus would be dying of thirst, if he were not relieved; the drag must be put at last on wretched Ixion's wheel. Apocolocyntosis At the music of his "golden shell" Tantalus forgot his thirst, Sisyphus rested from his toil, the wheel of Ixion stood still, and Tityus ceased his moaning. Mosaics of Grecian History So if there is going to be any justice in Minos's sentences, he will punish Destiny, not Sisyphus; Fate, not Tantalus. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Those with whom legend is so busy I saw with my eyes—Ixion, Sisyphus, the Phrygian Tantalus in all his misery, and the giant Tityus—how vast, his bulk covering a whole field! Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Like some female Sisyphus, she seemed always pushing an enormous needle through a mountain of clothes that grew higher each time she reached the top. A Prisoner in Fairyland There was nearly always a piled-up mass of dishes and skillets and sauce-pans in the house—to Thyrsis these soiled dishes were the original source of the myth of Sisyphus and his labor. Love's Pilgrimage Thy stone, O Sisyphus, stands still, Ixion rests upon his wheel, And the pale spectres dance; The Furies sink upon their iron beds, And snakes uncurled hang listening round their heads. Mosaics of Grecian History They go at last; and then they are more like play-actors than anything else—like such a one as you may see taking the part of Cecrops or Sisyphus or Telephus. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Red cherry lips that leap to laugh, And chic and flick and flair Can make black white for any one— The task of Sisyphus good fun! The Eye of Zeitoon You are laughing at me, Mary; but did you never know what it is to feel like Sisyphus? Magnum Bonum And he suddenly thought of the puerility of poets who have invented the useless labor of Sisyphus, the material thirst of Tantalus, the devoured heart of Prometheus! Strong as Death At present they seem to be in a very lamentable condition, and such as the poets have given us but a faint notion of in their descriptions of the punishment of Sisyphus and Tantalus. A Treatise of Human Nature The rack, the fire, the gnawing vulture; here Ixion spins upon his wheel, there Sisyphus rolls his stone. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 The ancients imagined tortures particularly trying to nature, that of Sisyphus to wit; everlasting labor embittered by everlasting nihilification. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Every stone which for forty years he had rolled up proved to be only a Sisyphus stone. The Life of Sir Richard Burton Ontology is old as human nature, yet the stone of Sisyphus continues to roll back upon the laboring few who strive to impel it upward. Beulah Equipped with hammer, chisel, microscope, spectroscope and crucibles, he essayed the solution, undismayed by memories of his classics, of Sisyphus and Tantalus; seeing only the nodding poppies, the gilded primroses of his dancing goddess. At the Mercy of Tiberius He raised me up from the bed, and conducted me through a sort of chasm into Hades; I knew where I was at once, because I saw Tantalus and Tityus and Sisyphus. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Each crank tasked the Sisyphus three times what it professed to do. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Sisyphus had never such a task as you would have on the hill of life, if I left all behind here and went with you. The Judgment House But, looking aside from these channels, what has it effected for philosophy, that great burden, which constantly recalls the fabled labors of Sisyphus and the Danaides? Beulah Things went on thus for more than one hundred and twenty miles; they were worn out with ascending and falling again; the balloon, like another rock of Sisyphus, kept continually sinking back toward the ground. Five Weeks in a Balloon Let us change our lever and begin to roll Sisyphus' stone once more. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography He then beholds Tityus, Tantalus, Sisyphus, Hercules; till he is deterred from further curiosity by the apparition of horrid spectres, and the cries of the wicked in torments. The Odyssey He was a Sisyphus who could and would roll the-huge stone to the top of the hill—and ever with easier power. The Judgment House I am a very hodman, a spiritual Sisyphus. The Wizard It was Tantalus and Sisyphus rolled into one unsightly package and fastened to his soul. The Lani People Why is the Sisyphus a hard working paterfamilias and the sacred beetle an idle vagabond? The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography There is a city in the heart of Argos, pasture land of horses, called Ephyra, where Sisyphus lived, who was the craftiest of all mankind. The Iliad The Sisyphus stone, which we had got dragged to the top, the chains all beautifully slack these three months past,—has it leapt away again? History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 Talk of Sisyphus rolling the ever-recoiling stone—of Prometheus gnawed by the vulture since the birth of time. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American This effect is produced when the clever rogue, like Sisyphus, is outwitted, or the brave villain defeated. The Poetics of Aristotle Let heaven and hell alone, but think of Hades, with Tantalus, Sisyphus, Tityus, and all the rest of them. Erewhon Revisited Not in Hades alone Doth Sisyphus roll, ever frustrate, the stone, Do the Danaids ply, ever vainly, the sieve. Lucile The Prince, like Sisyphus, was constantly under the stone. Massimilla Doni And I saw Sisyphus at his endless task raising his prodigious stone with both his hands. The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original And Homer witnesses to the truth of this; for they are always kings and potentates whom he has described as suffering everlasting punishment in the world below: such were Tantalus and Sisyphus and Tityus. Gorgias Sisyphus task, the mountain and the stone!—the stone, a gloomy image!—it reminds me that I am threatened with somewhat of the same death as the Epirote. Last Days of Pompeii True, as early as Homer, we hear of the shadowy existence of the souls, and of the torments endured by the notably wicked; by impious ghosts, or tyrannical, like Sisyphus and Tantalus. Letters on Literature With useless endeavor, Forever, forever, Is Sisyphus rolling His stone up the mountain! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow What would not a man give, O judges, to be able to examine the leaders of the great Trojan expedition, or Odysseus, or Sisyphus, or numberless others, men and women too! The Memorabilia The new general was a man whose genius for invention had won him the nickname of Sisyphus. Hellenica |
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