Assignments

  Sisyphus, see below

This page contains the assignments. Their solutions will be posted on the t-square website at the appropriate times.

Assignment

Date Assigned

Date Due

Homework #1

August 24

August 31

Homework #2

September 2

September 9

Homework #3

September 11

September 18

Homework #4

September 18

October 2

Homework #5

October 9

October 16

Homework #6

October 16

October 23

Homework #7

October 28

November 6

Homework #8

November 9

November 16

 

 

 

 

Sisyphus was the son of Aeolus (the king of Thessaly) and Enarete, and was founder of Corinth. He instituted, among others, the Isthmian Games. According to tradition he was sly and evil and used to way-lay travelers and to murder them. He betrayed the secrets of the gods and chained the god of death, Thanatos, so the deceased could not reach the underworld. Hades himself intervened and Sisyphus was severely punished.

In the realm of the dead, he is forced to roll a block of stone against a steep hill, which tumbles back down when he reaches the top. Then the whole process starts again, lasting all eternity. His punishment was depicted on many Greek vases. He is represented as a naked man, or wearing a fur over his shoulders, pushing a boulder.

According to some sources, Sisyphus was the father of Odysseus by Anticlea, before she married Laertus. They also mention Theseus as the hero who freed the country of Sisyphus.