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👤 Sisyphos

  • <span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="9614046" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_9614046">🌍 Elis (city) </span>
  • Information
    son of Aiolos, king of Corinth, punished in the Underworld
    Son of
    👤 Aiolos (eponym) 👤 Enarete
    Father of
    👤 Glaucos (Corinthian) 👤 Melicertes 👤 Odysseus 👤 Almos 👤 Ornytion 👤 Thersandros (Corinthian)
    Husband of
    👤 Merope (Atlantid)
    Has children with
    👤 Merope (Atlantid)
    Founder of
    🌍 Corinth (Argolid)
    Ruler of
    🌍 Corinth (Argolid)
    Establishes games at
    🌍 Isthmia (Argolid)
    Buried at
    🌍 the Isthmos of Corinth
    Has post-mortem existence at
    🌍 the Underworld 🌍 River Styx (Underworld)
    Cult sites
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Sisyphos at Corinth
    Dwelling
    🏛️ the Palace of Sisyphos (Argolid)
    Related Entities
    👤 Aigina 👤 Aiolos (eponym) 👤 Alcyone (Thessalian) 👤 Asopos (river god) 👤 Athamas (Orchomenian) 👤 Athena 👤 Calchas 👤 Calyce 👤 Canace 👤 Cecrops (Athenian I) 👤 Cretheus (Thessalian) 👤 Deion (s. of Aiolos) 👤 Enarete 👤 Eurymede (m. of Bellerophon) 👤 Hades 👤 Zeus 👤 Glaucos (Corinthian) 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Ixion (Lapith) 👤 Jason (Argonaut) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 the Isthmos of Corinth 👤 Orion (hunter) 👤 Peisidice (d. of Aiolos) 👤 Perieres (Messenian) 👤 Perimede (d. of Aiolos) 👤 Magnes (s. of Aiolos) 👤 Medeia 👤 Melicertes 👤 Merope (Atlantid) 👤 Minos 👤 Neleus (Pylian) 👥 the Nereids 👤 Nestor 👤 Odysseus 👤 Salmoneus 👤 Tantalos (Lydian) 👤 Telephos 👤 Tityos 👥 the Danaids 🌍 River Styx (Underworld) 🌍 Isthmia (Argolid) 👤 Thanatos 👤 Almos 👤 Ornytion 👤 Thersandros (Corinthian) 🏛️ the Tomb of Melicertes (Isthmia) 🏛️ Spring Peirene (Acrocorinth) 🏛️ the Altar of Melicertes near Crommyon (Argolid)👤 Erysichthon (s. of Triops) 👤 Mestra 🌍 the Sanctuary of Sisyphos at Corinth🏛️ the Palace of Sisyphos (Argolid)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.3.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.7.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.6📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 978-992📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1027-1033📖 Pausanias 9.24.3📖 Pausanias 2.1.3📖 Pausanias 2.2.2📖 Pausanias 2.4.3📖 Pausanias 2.5.1📖 Pausanias 10.30.5📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.568-11.600📖 Euripides, Cyclops 96-110📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 5 Most📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10 Most📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 69 Most📖 Homer, Iliad 6.143-6.190📖 Euripides, Medeia 1351-1385📖 Pausanias 2.3.10-2.3.11📖 Pausanias 9.17.4-9.17.7📖 Pausanias 5.2.1-5.2.5📖 Pausanias 10.31.10-10.31.12📖 Pausanias 9.34.6-9.34.10📖 Sophocles, Aias 172-200📖 Nostoi fr. 5 West📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 23 West📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 24 West📖 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 18 West📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 25📖 Lucian, On Funerals 7-8📖 Lucian, Zeus Catechized 18📖 Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 14📖 Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock 26📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 25📖 Lucian, The Ship, or the Wishes 21📖 Lucian, Gout 1-29📖 Pindar, Olympian 13 40-92📖 Pindar fr. 5 Snell-Maehler📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.180📖 Euripides, Medeia 364–409📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 6.153📖 Strabo 8.6.21📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.416-4.542📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 18.486c📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39📖 Diodoros, Library 6.6.1-6.7.4📖 Callimachus fr. 384 Pfeiffer📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.1-13.42
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, Library NostoiHomer, IliadLycophron, AlexandraHomer, OdysseyEumelos, CorinthiacaPausaniasPindarEuripides, CyclopsHesiod, EhoiaiEuripides, MedeiaSophocles, AiasStraboPanyassis, HeracleiaPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, On FuneralsLucian, Zeus CatechizedLucian, Menippus, or the Descent into HadesLucian, The Dream, or the CockLucian, The Lover of LiesLucian, The Ship, or the WishesLucian, GoutPindar, Olympian 13Diodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadCallimachusOvid, MetamorphosesVergil, Georgics
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Nostoi fr. 5 West📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 23 West📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 24 West📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 119 Fowler📖 Hellanicos fr. 19 Fowler⚒️ Elegaic Inscription on the Statue of Timon at Olympia (Not Extant)
    Depictions
    🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Vatican 2465; ASR III, no. 3, no. 423)🎨 Wall paintings from a House in the Via Graziosa, Rome (Vatican 41013, 41016, 41024, 41026)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Wall Painting of Odysseus in the Underworld in the Lesche of the Cnidians, Delphi, by Polygnotos (LIMC Nekyia 6)
    Reported to be mentioned in inscriptions at
    🌍 Elis (city)
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