Sisyphos (English spelling)

Japanese: シシュフォス（英語表記）Sisyphos

A hero in Greek mythology. He is said to have been the most cunning of all men. The son of Aeolus, he founded Corinth and became its king. However, when Zeus kidnapped Aegina, the daughter of the River Asopus, he told his father, the river god, and captured Thanatos, the god of death, who Zeus sent to punish him. He was forced to release Thanatos and die, but he continued to fool the gods in life, such as deceiving Hades in the underworld and returning to earth to live a long life. Therefore, in the underworld, he was forced to push a rock up a mountain, which rolled back down again every time it reached the top. According to one legend, he was none other than the real father of Odysseus, who was famous for his wisdom, because Odysseus' mother Anticleia had an affair with her before she married Laertes.

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Japanese:

ギリシア神話の英雄。人間のなかで最も奸智にたけていたとされる。アイオロスの子で，コリントを創建し，その王となったが，ゼウスがアソポス川の娘アイギナをさらったのをみて，父の河神に告げ口したうえに，これを罰しようとしてゼウスが彼のもとに送った死神タナトスを捕え，その解放を強制されて死ななければならないはめに陥っても，冥府でハデスをだまし，また地上に帰り長生きしてしまうなど，生前に神々を愚弄し続けたため，死後冥府で，頂上に着くとまた転がり落ちてくる岩を何度でも山の上に押上げる苦役に服すことになった。一伝によれば，彼は，オデュッセウスの母アンチクレイアが，ラエルテスと結婚する前に彼女と通じていたので，知恵者として名高いオデュッセウスの実の父にほかならないという。

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