Sisyphus

Son of Aeolus and Enarete. Founds Corinth. Punished in Hades by having to roll a stone up a hill only to have it tumble back down for eternity.

Genealogy

Enarete

Aeolus

Alcyone, Athamas, Calyce, Canace, Cretheus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres, Perimede, Pisidice, Salmoneus

Merope

Almus, Glaucus, Ornytion, Thersander

Places
  1. Corinth
  2. Hades
  3. Unknown
Events
  1. Sisyphus founds Corinth
  2. Sisyphus punished in Hades
  3. Zeus carries off Aegina, observed by Sisyphus
  4. Sisyphus tells Asopus that Zeus has abducted Aegina
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.3
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.3
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.1
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.3
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.1
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.6
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 149
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.3
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.2
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.11
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.3
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 5.1
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 2.5
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 20.19
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 17.6
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 24.3
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.7
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.10
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 4.10
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.5
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 31.10
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