Tyro had two sons by Sisyphus but she soon found out about the prophecy and was worried for her father. Instead of killing his brother himself, Sisyphus was crafty enough to use his children to commit the murder. Therefore, this was said to have been the reason for the marriage. The Oracle prophesied that if Sisyphus had children with his niece, one of the children would one day kill his brother Salmoneus. Sisypheus disliked his brother intensely and wanted to find a way to kill him without causing any problems for himself, so he consulted the Delphi Oracle. Sisyphus also seduced Tyro, his niece and the daughter of his brother Salmoneus. Some say that Sisyphus didn’t actually marry Anticleia but only abducted her for a short period of time since he wanted to have his way with her in retribution for the theft of his cattle. She gave birth to Odysseus soon after she left Ephyra, so it’s likely that Odysseus was Sisyphus’s son and not Lartes’. In some accounts, Autolycus’ daughter Anticleia was one of his wives but she soon left him and married Laertes instead. Sisyphus was married to not one but three different women, as stated in various sources.
The king took pleasure in such killings since he believe that they helped him to maintain his rule. This was in Zeus’ domain and he was angered by Sisyphus’ actions. He killed many guests at his palace and travelers, violating xenia, the ancient Greek rule of hospitality.
However, there was also a cruel and ruthless side of Sisyphus. He was an intelligent man and established trade routes throughout all of Greece. Sisyphus became the king of the city after it was established and the city flourished under his rule. When Sisyphus came of age, he left Thessaly and founded a new city which he named Ephyra, after the eponymous Oceanid who presided over the town’s water supply. Both he and Odysseus had similar characteristics and were said to be very cunning men. He had several siblings, but one of the most promiment was Salmoneus, who became the king of Elis and founder of Salmone, a city in Pisatis.Īccording to certain ancient sources, Sisyphus was known as the father of Odysseus (the Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War), who was born after he seduced Anticleia. Sisyphus was born to Enarete, the daughter of Deimachus, and Aeolus, the Thessalian king, who the Aeolian people were named after. He was famous for being a highly deceitful man for which he later received eternal punishment in the Underworld. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus (also spelled Sisyphos) was the King of Ephyra, supposedly the city of Corinth. Symbolism of Sisyphus – What We Can Learn From Him.Entsprechend steht die Zeitschrift zum einen den in der Schweiz Lehrenden und Lernenden offen und versteht sich auch als Mittel der Nachwuchsförderung, zum anderen ist sie seit ihren Anfängen auch Publikationsorgan der internationalen Forschergemeinschaft dementsprechend ist neben den drei Landessprachen Englisch häufige Publikationssprache. Es will nicht nur die Schweizer Forschung fördern und repräsentativ darstellen, sondern auch die Kontakte mit der internationalen Forschergemeinschaft pflegen und vertiefen. Es ist die einzige Schweizer Zeitschrift, die Beiträge aus der gesamten klassischen Altertumswissenschaft veröffentlicht, einschliesslich der Papyrologie, Epigraphik und (mit Einschränkungen) Archäologie. Accordingly, the journal is on the one hand open to teachers and students in Switzerland and sees itself as a means of promoting young talent on the other hand, it has also been the organ of publication of the international research community since its inception Accordingly, in addition to the three national languages, English is a frequent publication language.ĭas Museum Helveticum wird seit 1944 in Verbindung mit der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Altertumswissenschaft und mit Unterstützung der Schweizerischen Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften publiziert. It not only wants to promote Swiss research and represent it, but also to cultivate and deepen its contacts with the international research community. It is the only Swiss journal to publish contributions from all of classical antiquity, including papyrology, epigraphy and (with limitations) archeology. The Museum Helveticum has been published since 1944 in conjunction with the Swiss Association for Classical Studies and with the support of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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