

SisyphusSISYPHUS, or the Captive KingSisyphus
A play in the style of the Greek tragedies
ACT ONE
Dramatis Personae:
THANATOS, god of death SHADE of a fallen soldier CHORUS of shades SISYPHUS, former king of Corinth GLAUCUS, son of Sisyphus and Merope a KER, or spirit of violent death BELLEROPHON, son of Glaucus and grandson of Sisyphus GERAS, god of old age MEROPE, wife of Sisyphus; one of the Pleiades
The setting is Tartarus, the darkest part of the Underworld, where SISYPHUS has been condemned to roll a boulder to the top of a hill for the rest