Sisyphus was a well known trickster who tricked Death once by chaining him up so that nobody died. Ares forced Sisyphus to unchain Death. When he died he told his wife not to perform the usual sacrifices and not to bury him. When he reached the underworld he was allowed to return to punish his wife for the omissions.
He lived to a ripe old age but as a punishment for trying to cheat Death he was forced to roll a huge boulder up a steep hill incessantly.
I have yet to read Albert Camus’ classic essay The Myth of Sisyphus that deals with the absurdity of life, but I have reserved it at my local library.
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