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👤 Sisyphos

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Information
son of Aiolos, king of Corinth, punished in the Underworld
Wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102561
Trismegistos
https://www.trismegistos.org/name/5783
Digital LIMC
https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/fHFnQUTuQJqf5Frcu4um9w6
Gender
Male
Appearance and powers
Has power of prophecy
Experiences
Involved in athletic competitionVisits the Underworld while alive
Death
Punished in the Underworld
In the historical period
Claimed as an ancestor
Son of
👤 Aiolos (eponym)👤 Enarete
Father of
👤 Glaucos (Corinthian)👤 Ornytion👤 Thersandros (Corinthian)👤 Almos👤 Odysseus👤 Melicertes
Husband of
👤 Merope (Atlantid)
Has children with
👤 Merope (Atlantid)👤 Anticleia (Ithacan)
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
👤 Aiolos (eponym)👤 Alcyone (Thessalian)👤 Athamas (Orchomenian)👤 Calyce (d. of Aiolos)👤 Canace👤 Cretheus (Thessalian)👤 Deion (s. of Aiolos)👤 Enarete👤 Peisidice (d. of Aiolos)👤 Perieres (Messenian)👤 Perimede (d. of Aiolos)👤 Magnes (s. of Aiolos)👤 Salmoneus🌍 Corinth (Argolid)👤 Merope (Atlantid)👤 Glaucos (Corinthian)👤 Zeus (Olympian)🌍 the Underworld👤 Aigina👤 Asopos (river god)👤 Melicertes🌍 Isthmia (Argolid)🏛️ the Tomb of Melicertes (Isthmia)🌍 the Isthmos of Corinth👤 Neleus (Pylian)👤 Nestor👤 Jason (Argonaut)👤 Medeia👤 Almos👤 Ornytion👤 Thersandros (Corinthian)🏛️ Spring Peirene (Acrocorinth)👤 Orion (hunter)👤 Minos (Cretan I)👤 Tantalos (Lydian)👤 Tityos🏛️ the Altar of Melicertes near Crommyon (Argolid)👤 Odysseus👤 Erysichthon (s. of Triops)👤 Mestra👤 Athena👤 Eurymede (m. of Bellerophon)🌍 River Styx (Underworld)👤 Ixion (Lapith)👤 Cecrops (Athenian I)👤 Telephos👥 the Nereids👤 Thanatos👤 Hades🌍 the Sanctuary of Sisyphos at Corinth👥 the Danaids👤 Calchos (Italian)👥 the Erinyes👤 Eurydice (w. of Orpheus)👤 Orpheus👤 Persephone🏺 the Lyre of Orpheus👤 Anticleia (Ithacan)🏛️ the Palace of Sisyphos (Argolid)
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.7.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.3.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.6📖 Homer, Iliad 6.143-6.190📖 Pausanias 2.1.3📖 Pausanias 2.2.2📖 Pausanias 2.3.10-2.3.11📖 Pausanias 2.4.3-2.4.4📖 Pausanias 2.5.1📖 Pausanias 9.17.4-9.17.7📖 Pausanias 9.24.3📖 Pausanias 9.34.6-9.34.10📖 Pausanias 10.30.5📖 Pausanias 10.31.10-10.31.12📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.568-11.600📖 Euripides, Cyclops 96-110📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10 Most📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 69 Most📖 Euripides, Medeia 364-409📖 Euripides, Medeia 1351-1385📖 Sophocles, Aias 172-200📖 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 18 West📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 25📖 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📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 6.153📖 Strabo 8.6.21📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 3.268📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.416-4.542📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 978-992📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1027-1033📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 18.486c📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39📖 Lucian, On Funerals 7-8📖 Diodoros, Library 6.6.1-6.7.4📖 Callimachus fr. 384 Pfeiffer📖 Pausanias 5.2.1-5.2.5📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-10.85📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.1-13.42📖 Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 525-589📖 Critias FragTrag fr. 16 = fr. 19 Snell-Kannicht📖 Conon, Narrations 26📖 Ovid, Heroides 12📖 Plutarch, Greek Questions 43
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadPausaniasHomer, OdysseyEuripides, CyclopsHesiod, EhoiaiEuripides, MedeiaSophocles, AiasPanyassis, HeracleiaPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, Zeus CatechizedLucian, Menippus, or the Descent into HadesLucian, The Dream, or the CockLucian, The Lover of LiesLucian, The Ship, or the WishesLucian, GoutPindar, Olympian 13PindarD-Scholia, IliadStraboServius, Scholia on GeorgicsOvid, MetamorphosesLycophron, AlexandraVergil, GeorgicsLucian, On FuneralsDiodoros, LibraryCallimachusEuripides, Iphigenia at AulisCritiasConon, NarrationsOvid, HeroidesPlutarch, Greek Questions
Reported to be mentioned in text
Eumelos, Corinthiaca NostoiHesiod, EhoiaiPherecydes of AthensVergil, GeorgicsHellanicos
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 24 West = fr. 4 Fowler📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 23 West = fr. 3 Fowler📖 Nostoi fr. 5 West📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 5 Most📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 119 Fowler📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.250-3.283📖 Hellanicos fr. 19 Fowler⚒️ 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)
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