The Greek god Sisyphus
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If Sisyphus were to stop pushing the boulder up the hill in his eternal punishment, the boulder would roll back down the hill, and he would have to start pushing it up again. This cycle would continue indefinitely as part of his punishment in Greek mythology.
The name of the person who was cursed to push a boulder up a hill and watch it go down eternally is Sisyphus.
He ended up in Tartarus pushing a rock up a hill but never reaching the top for all eternity.
Sisyphus
Sisyphus In Greek mythology Sisyphus was the king of Ephyra. He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, repeating this action for eternity