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en-wikipedia-org-6785		Sisyphus - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2809	379	71	In Greek mythology Sisyphus or Sisyphos (/ˈsɪsɪfəs/; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος Sísyphos) was the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). Nigro Sansonese,[20] building on the work of Georges Dumézil, speculates that the origin of the name "Sisyphus" is onomatopoetic of the continual back-and-forth, susurrant sound ("siss phuss") made by the breath in the nasal passages, situating the mythology of Sisyphus in a far larger context of archaic (see Proto-Indo-European religion) trance-inducing techniques related to breath control. Homer describes Sisyphus in both Book VI of the Iliad and Book XI of the Odyssey.[8][15] According to Frederick Karl: "The man who struggled to reach the heights only to be thrown down to the depths embodied all of Kafka's aspirations; and he remained himself, alone, solitary."[25] The philosopher Richard Taylor uses the myth of Sisyphus as a representation of a life made meaningless because it consists of bare repetition.[26] "Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Sisyphus". Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sisyphus.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6785.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6785.txt