Hesiod and Homerica

Sisyphus

First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

In The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae, fragments 1–20, Sisyphus is named among the sons of Aeolus, alongside Cretheus, Athamas, Salmoneus and Perieres. He and Cretheus are siblings; the passage calls Sisyphus “clever.”

Relationship record

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

  • parent: Aeolus “And the sons of Aeolus, kings dealing justice, were Cretheus, and Athamas, and clever Sisyphus, and wicked Salmoneus and overbold Perieres.”
  • siblings with Cretheus “And the sons of Aeolus, kings dealing justice, were Cretheus, and Athamas, and clever Sisyphus, and wicked Salmoneus and overbold Perieres.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.

Explore the whole book in Rho MD — free.

Get Rho MD — free
Open in Rho MD →