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	Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Sisyphus
		Sisyphus was founder and king of Corinth, or Ephyra as it was called in those days.
		Hades had brought along a pair of handcuffs, a comparative novelty, and Sisyphus expressed such an interest that Hades was persuaded to demonstrate their use - on himself.
		Kindly Persephone assented, and Sisyphus made his way back to the sunshine, where he promptly forgot all about funerals and such drab affairs and lived on in dissipation for another good stretch of time.
	www.mythweb.com /encyc/entries/sisyphus.html (384 words)

	The Myth of Sisyphus
		The father was shocked by that disappearance and complained to Sisyphus.
		Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.
		Sisyphus, proletarian of the gods, powerless and rebellious, knows the whole extent of his wretched condition: it is what he thinks of during his descent.
	www.nyu.edu /classes/keefer/hell/camus.html (1278 words)

	XplanaZine
		Sisyphus was condemned to push a huge rock with his hands and head up a hill in Hades, but the rock would fall back forcing him to repeat his efforts, ad infinitum.
		Sisyphus had put Death in chains, so I'm not surprised he was doomed to being conscious of his continuous death.
		Sisyphus was holding onto the past believing that the same old values along with hard work and the desire to go on would be enough to build a future...
	www.xplanazine.com /archives/2003/05/myth_of_sisyphu.php (1541 words)

	On Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus"
		Considering the plight of Sisyphus, condemned to roll a stone up a mountain knowing the stone will roll down yet again, it is easy to declare his existence absurd and without hope.
		Sisyphus begins to view his ability to do the task again and again -- to endure the punishment -- a form of victory.
		Camus argues that one, like the tragic hero Sisyphus, has to endure the punishment of the gods which is to exist in an absurd world.
	www.amychaves.bizland.com /articles/on_albert_camus.htm (1298 words)

	The Value of Labor and The Myth of Sisyphus
		The toil of Sisyphus is a metaphor for all difficult and repetitive labor that is frustrating and unrewarding.
		The 1957 Nobel laureate for literature Albert Camus wrote in a brief essay "The Myth of Sisyphus" (1940) that Sisyphus' fate and his endless toil is not futile.
		Sisyphus fails to get the rock to the top of the mountain permanently, but he never fails to get the rock to the top of the mountain.
	www.garlikov.com /philosophy/Sisyphus.html (1875 words)

	The Myth of Sisyphus: A Cycle (1)
		It may be that the myth of Sisyphus can be comprehended more fully by means of illustration than discussion, and perhaps, for Buddhists, even more so when the illustration sets Sisyphus within a context which would be familiar working material to the earnest Buddhist who strives to comprehend his own situation.
		But their mercy is limited, and Sisyphus never knows when the order will be given that he must not only again shoulder his burden but must also depart from the slight path that his passings have worn in the rock surface and to proceed instead along a more difficult and perilous way.
		Sisyphus tries to understand, but the memory of the tiny resounding accent of those pebbles plucks at his mind, obscuring thought.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/9280/sisyph1.htm (4408 words)

	The Progress & Freedom Foundation
		The Greek myth of Sisyphus, who was king of Corinth, holds that he saw the god Zeus carry off the beautiful maiden Aegina.
		Sisyphus then told Aegina's father what he had witnessed.
		Enraged with Sisyphus, Zeus condemned him to Tartarus, where he was compelled for eternity to roll to the top of a steep hill a stone that always rolled down again.
	www.pff.org /about/ballntri.html (381 words)

	Myth of Sisyphus - Dave Warwak
		It is said that Sisyphus, being near to death, rashly wanted to test his wife's love.
		When the images of earth cling too tightly to memory, when the call of happiness becomes too insistent, it happens that melancholy arises in man's heart: this is the rock's victory, this is the rock itself.
		At that subtle moment when man glances backward over his life, Sisyphus returning toward his rock, in that slight pivoting he contemplates that series of unrelated actions which become his fate, created by him, combined under his memory's eye and soon sealed by his death.
	www.inslide.com /art/MythofSisyphus.htm (1223 words)

	Sisyphus
		Sisyphus is the son of Aeolus (the king of Thessaly) and Enarete, and founder of Corinth.
		In the realm of the dead, he is forced to roll a block of stone against a steep hill, which tumbles back down when he reaches the top.
		According to some sources, Sisyphus was the father of Odysseus by Anticlea, before she married Laertus.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/s/sisyphus.html (168 words)

	Cordova Alaska Accommodations ~ Cordova Rose Lodge
		The exterior landscape consists of a breakwater with a lighthouse, several bridges, a ship's mast, a greenhouse with a garden and a statue of the Greek myth character, Sisyphus and his dog, Spot.
		Sisyphus is a Greek myth character punished by Zeus.
		Zeus told Sisyphus he had to push a boulder up a hill forever.
	www.cordovarose.com /history.html (307 words)

	Albert Camus: THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS
		It is said that Sisyphus, being near to death, rashly wanted to test his wife's love.
		When the images of earth cling too tightly to memory, when the call of happiness becomes too insistent, it happens that melancholy arises in man's heart: this is the rock's victory, this is the rock itself.
		At that subtle moment when man glances backward over his life, Sisyphus returning toward his rock, in that slight pivoting he contemplates that series of unrelated actions which become his fate, created by him, combined under his memory's eye and soon sealed by his death.
	www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /users/00/pwillen1/lit/msysip.htm (1228 words)

	The Myth of Sisyphus: A Cycle (2)
		Sisyphus stands only a moment longer and then, the spell being broken, he turns back to his boulder and again sets his shoulder to it.
		Sisyphus does not know whether the stranger finds him as outlandish as he finds the stranger; to meet anyone on this mountain is sufficient cause for surprise.
		Sisyphus looks at the sky, whose uniformity does seem to be showing some slight disturbance.
	www.buddhanet.net /cmdsg/sisyph2.htm (4122 words)

	Live the Myth!
		Sisyphus had cleverly instructed his wife Merope not to fulfill her traditional wifely duty of burying his body when he died and his spirit descended to the underworld.
		He condemned Sisyphus to an eternity of pushing a gigantic stone up a steep slope in the underworld, knowing full well that when it reached the top, it would simply roll back down again.
		And so Sisyphus was doomed to perpetuate the cycle of pushing the rock up the hill over and over and over and over again.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~13971.aspx (1069 words)

	John Salvest \| THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Myth of Sisyphus began with the delivery of two wooden pallets to the lobby of an old office building in downtown Memphis.
		Kessinger: Sisyphus is condemned to futile and hopeless labor as punishment for a number of interventions into godly affairs.
		Kessinger: It seems to me the point of the myth is that Sisyphus is to serve as an example for all to see.
	www.clt.astate.edu /jsalvest/projects/sisyphus.html (1272 words)

	On Sisyphus and Sisyphean Tasks
		Myth tends to be self-contradictory rather than consistent; it tends to include rather than exclude different versions of the same tale.
		The weight Sisyphus' rock sheds with these lost texts is no consolation, but any study of world mythology must recognize the contribution of archaeologists and linguists whose work in excavation, decipherment, and translation has insured that many ancient texts remain accessible in the modern world.
		Myth and ritual developed a particularly important bond in ancient Athens, where the Greater Dionysia, an annual festival in honor of the god of wine, became the occasion for dramatic performances of myth.
	department.monm.edu /classics/Courses/Clas230/MythDocuments/Sisyphus.htm (5162 words)

	The myth of Sisyphus or why most companies just can't reach the top of the hill - Frank Richter
		The bulletin is a regular decision and analysis support instrument intended for all those whose work involves some understanding of ongoing and future global trends seen from a European point of view.
		Sisyphus is one of the most tragic figures of Greek mythology — a man condemned by the gods to spend eternity, pushing a large boulder up a hill.
		Most companies across size, industries and countries are facing the mythical endless toil of Sisyphus in a series of disorientation and despair.
	www.strategicforesight.com /myth_sisyphus.htm (942 words)

	Syntax Issue 9 - Essays - The Sleeping Myth of Sisyphus
		In the tale, Sisyphus rolls a rock up to the summit of the mountain, to which end the rock would fall back to the plain again.
		Here, Sisyphus was forced to walk down to the base of the mountain, get behind the boulder, and push it back up to summit again.
		This is the point where Sisyphus is, as Camus writes, “aware of the extent of his entire wretched condition”.
	www.denversyntax.com /issue9/essays/bitz/myth.html (747 words)

	The Myth of the Sisyphus Revisited
		The popular interpretation of the myth seemed to be that life was basically absurd with no particular purpose or reason and certainly no divine guiding hand.
		Sisyphus both comes to understand and accept his toil on the mountain and each time the grueling process of rolling the rock up the mountain begins again, there is a certain joy in the labor.
		The myth of the Sisyphus tells us that few of us would know what to do or be very happy if we actually reached the top of the training mountain (Indeed, what exactly do we expect to happen if we reached the pinnacle of muscle and strength?).
	www.cbass.com /Sisyphus.htm (1169 words)

	The myth of political crusader Ralph Nader (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In his uplifting, feel-good essay-for-the-whole-family entitled “The Myth of Sisyphus,” Albert Camus asserts the happiness of Sisyphus, a prominent figure in Greek mythology eternally doomed to push a boulder up a mound, only to see it roll down at the peak of its ascent.
		Unlike Sisyphus, Nader has never even truly aspired to push his figurative boulder to the apex of the mound.
		Sisyphus came to terms with his absurd fate.
	maroon.uchicago.edu /viewpoints/articles/2004/10/17/the_myth_of_politica.php (637 words)

	The Absurd Hero
		In retelling the Myth of Sisyphus, Camus is able to create an extremely powerful image with imaginative force which sums up in an emotional sense the body of the intellectual discussion which precedes it in the book.
		Sisyphus is conscious of his plight, and therein lies the tragedy.
		Sisyphus' life and torment are transformed into a victory by concentrating on his freedom, his refusal to hope, and his knowledge of the absurdity of his situation.
	www.levity.com /corduroy/camusabs.htm (1602 words)

	Amazon.com: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays: Books: Albert Camus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sisyphus begins to view his ability to do the task again and again--to endure the punishment--as a form of victory.
		The myth of Sisyphus is a model essay to comfort people in those moods of bleak, existential despair that assail us all from time to time.
		The Myth of Sisyphus is a treatise on absurdism, and while absurdism is an admittedly interesting topic in its own right, Camus never convincingly demonstrates a connection between the absurd and the impulse to suicide.
	www.amazon.com /Myth-Sisyphus-Other-Essays/dp/0679733736 (2057 words)

	Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus"
		Sisyphus was then taken to Hades but won a temporary leave so that he could return to the world to punish his wife for not giving him a proper burial.
		Actually, Sisyphus had instructed her to throw his body into the street so that he had an excuse for returning.
		The gods were so furious that, through all eternity, they required Sisyphus to roll a huge stone up a hill only to have it plunge back down once it reached the crest.
	www.humboldt.edu /~jwp2/sisyphus.htm (4977 words)

	The Cyber Boxing Zone
		Nearly 60 years ago, an Algerian ex-middleweight named Albert paused from his reporting on WWII to muse on the myth of Sisyphus in an attempt to address some fundamental philosophical problems (including whether life is worth living) at a time when it seemed quite clear that no higher power was controlling world events.
		Sisyphus had been condemned to push a rock uphill for all eternity.
		According to myth, the twin brothers Castor and Polydeuces were among the greatest fighters of the day -- Castor was the greatest wrestler of ancient times and Pollux the greatest boxer, barring perhaps the rugged slugger Herakles.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/boxmyth.html (1033 words)

	Ms Levantine: The Myth of Sisyphus.
		According to Greek Mythology, Sisyphus was a bright but crafty individual, breaking the rules, fooling the Gods, and refusing to respect the natural order of the universe.
		My favorite example is a downward slope in the Chekka area: if you park you car there and loosen the breaks, your vehicle will actually roll UP the incline.
		i feel like sisyphus every morning here in lebanon.
	mslevantine.blogspot.com /2006/10/myth-of-sisyphus.html (887 words)

	mythofsisyphus.net :: THE BASE :: Books (Amazon) Politics Culture Poetry Commentary Apparel Mugs
		Sisyphus sometimes stops taunting the gods long enough to send a newsletter highlighting the state of our culture and state.
		Software confusion? Hardware headaches? We can solve most PC user problems without "geekspeak" and at a fair price.
		The Sisyphus Stores: No Nonsense Goods for No Nonsense Thinkers
	www.mythofsisyphus.net (2401 words)

	Sisyphus Myth, by Albert Camus, Art by Zafiris
		Sisyphus Myth, by Albert Camus, Art by Zafiris
		May be the most comprehensive text on the futility and greatness of human existence.
		Pluto could not endure the sight of h is deserted, silent empire.
	www.zafiris.net /articles/Sisyphus_Myth_Camus.htm (1314 words)

	The Myth of Sisyphus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He, who knew of the abduction, offered to tell about it on condition that Esopu s would give water to the citadel of Corinth.
		Thus, convinced of the wholly human origin of all that is human, a blind man eage r to see who knows that the night has no end, he is still on the go.
		The strugg le itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart.
	home.earthlink.net /~mazz747/id6.html (1243 words)

	ALT Linux : Sisyphus - depository of packages
		The integrity of Sisyphus, supported by the ALT team, the unique technology of package assembly and the apt-get utility with its aptitude and synaptic shells allow our users to easily upgrade their systems and to keep themselves informed about all the news from the free software world.
		Sisyphus is not only a set of programs, it is, above all, a set of solutions.
		Sisyphus is a character of ancient Greek mythology.
	www.altlinux.com /index.php?module=sisyphus (409 words)

	DPZ
		Sisyphus ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight.
		Sisyphus watches the stone rush down in a few moments toward that lower world whence he will have to push it up again toward the summit.
		It is during that return, that pause, that Sisyphus interests me. I see that man going back down with a heavy yet measured step toward the torment of which he will never know the end.
	www.dpz.com /B-02-P10-albert.htm (240 words)

	"The Myth Of Sisyphus" Misam Abbas
		He was Sisyphus, a character in Greek mythology.
		Sisyphus was condemned by the gods to continuously roll a stone up a hill from whence the stone would fall -- futile and hopeless labour.
		Yes, he was Sisyphus -- rolling a stone, faster and faster, perspiring, tired.
	www.thewritegallery.com /writing/myth_sisyphus.html (945 words)

	An absurd faith: Camus and The Myth of Sisyphus
		More than that, it is a powerful assertion of human freedom, and a command to the individual to take responsibility for the course of his life.
		Perhaps most exceptionally, The Myth of Sisyphus is a piece of literature with its roots in practical experience, rather than a series of abstract, quasi-mathematical syllogisms.
		Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (Penguin 1975) p.51
	www.geocities.com /a_and_e_uk/Sisyphus.htm (3294 words)

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