Son of Aeolus and Enarete, he was the founder and first king of Corinth. In an attempt to escape his own death, he caught and tied up Thanatos, an act that prevented anyone else from dying until Ares eventually freed Thanatos. For his trickery, Sisyphus was punished in Tartarus with the task of pushing a large boulder up a hill, never making it to the top as the boulder always rolls back down just before he reaches the summit.