Greek Mythology

Sisyphus

Role: father of Glaucus · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.7

Apollodorus, Library 1.7

  • parent: Aeolus “and begat seven sons, Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres”

Apollodorus, Library 1.9

  • married with Merope “and married Merope, daughter of Atlas.”
  • child: Glaucus “They had a son Glaucus”
  • with Aegina (interaction) “This punishment he endures for the sake of Aegina , daughter of Asopus; for when Zeus had secretly carried her off, Sisyphus is said to have betrayed the secret to Asopus”

Apollodorus, Library 3.4

  • with Melicertes (Sisyphus instituted games in Melicertes's honor.) “And the Isthmian games were instituted by Sisyphus in honor of Melicertes.”

Apollodorus, Library 3.12

  • with Asopus (interaction) “Asopus came to Corinth, and learned from Sisyphus that the ravisher was Zeus”

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