King of Corinth, famed as "the craftiest of men," he was condemned in the afterlife to roll uphill a stone which perpetually rolls down again; Greek Sisyphos, a name of unknown origin. Liddell & Scott suggest a reduplication of syphos "the crafty" (with Aeolic -u- for -o-), but Klein calls this folk-etymology.
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1. SISYPHUS was lucky. He could have wound up on the Basel committee.
Sisyphus(西西佛思)是幸运的. 他本来可能会沦落到巴塞尔委员会.
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2. Some days I feel like Sisyphus. Remember him?
有些时候,我觉得自己似乎成了西西弗斯, 还记得这个人物 吗 ?
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3. At any rate , Sisyphus was given an exemplary punishment.
总之, 西绪福斯受到了起杀一儆百作用的惩罚.
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4. You have already grasped that Sisyphus is the absurd hero.
你已经明白了,西西弗斯便是这荒谬的英雄.
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5. If one believes Homer, Sisyphus was wisest and most prudent of mortals.
