The New Student's Reference Work/Sisyphus

Sisyphus (sĭs′ĭ-fŭs), in Greek mythology, the son of Æolus, the founder and king of Corinth, and noted for his wickedness, for which, according to Homer, he was condemned to roll a large stone up a hill, which, when it reached the top, fell back again, so that his task was never ended.