I just want to point out that Sisyphus is not a patient with a mental health problem. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of Happiness] Reference
— Wikipedia entry for 'Sisyphus'I always liked and respected Mats Sundin, even long before I moved to Toronto. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
I think Jim Styczinski, a lifelong Twins fan who blogs as "Sisyphus" at The Nihilist in Golf Pants, gave me the answer. From Wordnik.com. [If They Build It, You Will Pay] Reference
The pop rock sound returns though for "Sisyphus" and "Nur Rock´n Roll", a couple of fairly nondescript affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference
And Sisyphus, reclined, sits listening on the stone. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
VIEIRA: A little like Sisyphus, right, pushing the. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2008] Reference
They're also trying to take on a Sisyphus-like mission. From Wordnik.com. [William Fisher: The Spies Who Came in from the Mosque] Reference
And in the same manner he has described both Sisyphus and. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
Sisyphus, the brother of Salmoneus, was no better than he. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
Sisyphus, not of Laertes, whom Anticleia afterwards married. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Odysseus, or Sisyphus, or numberless others, men and women too!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario High School Reader] Reference
Odysseus was reputed to be the offspring of Sisyphus and not of. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Plays in English Verse] Reference
Increasingly I identify with Sisyphus trying to move that stone. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Your Horsepower] Reference
His first cartoon, entitled "The Modern Sisyphus" -- representing. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Sisyphus rolled into one unsightly package and fastened to his soul. From Wordnik.com. [The Lani People] Reference
"Story of the Mhow Court Martial," 343; and the "Modern Sisyphus," 455. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
And we just didn't like that Sisyphus pushing that builder up the rock. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2004] Reference
How about "Roll on up, gonna roll back down." as a reference to Sisyphus?. From Wordnik.com. [The Annotated "Black Peter"] Reference
In fact, why would anyone but Sisyphus sign up to be a government leader?. From Wordnik.com. [The Federal Coach: What Steve Jobs Can Learn From Public Leaders] Reference
Danaids set aside their leaky urns and Sisyphus sat on his stone to listen. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
Sisyphus didn't know how good he had it, rolling his rock up and down that hill. From Wordnik.com. [Was Back on Tour, Late in Life] Reference
Sisyphus ever rolls the returning stone, and the Danaids fill the ever-emptying jars. From Wordnik.com. [Horace and His Influence] Reference
His toil, like that of Sisyphus, was ever being renewed when on the verge of completion. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
But the comparison keeps coming back to the Sisyphus, you know, pushing the rock up the hill. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2007] Reference
In other words, containment turned the U.S. into Sisyphus, laboring at a task that never ends. From Wordnik.com. [Ira Chernus: Obama Trapped Behind Wall of Mideast Containment] Reference
Bellerophon, or Bellerophontes, was the son of Glaucus, king of Corinth, and grandson of Sisyphus. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
And yet another famous criminal he saw, Sisyphus, the most cunning and most covetous of the sons of men. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from the Odyssey] Reference
And that's what we're doing in the U.N. I mean, it's almost like we're Sisyphus and the U.N. is the boulder. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2004] Reference
Yossarian was our hero, one of Camus's absurdist heroes but with a comic sense, Bilko and Sisyphus rolled into one. From Wordnik.com. [Say It Ain't So, Joe] Reference
Given a scanty confessional, and he is as gloomy as Sisyphus; given a hard, laborious day, and he is as bright as Ariel. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
Sisyphus accordingly burnt his name into the hoofs of his cattle, and, during a visit to Autolycus, recognized his property. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
In my last blog I talked about the rock of Sisyphus, where he rolled it up the hill and down the hill it went again and again. From Wordnik.com. [Agapi Stassinopoulos: Is Your Longing Preventing You From Actualizing Your Dreams?] Reference
COOPER: Well, say what you will about Sisyphus, the ancient Greek condemned to forever push a boulder up a hill, he had it easy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2009] Reference
Demodocus, Sisyphus, Eryxias, which on grounds, both of internal and external evidence, we are able with equal certainty to reject. From Wordnik.com. [Alcibiades I] Reference
For years they had been engaged labourously in rolling uphill the stone of Sisyphus, making active friendships and seeking a fair trial. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
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