Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone,

The huge round stone, resulting with a bound,

Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.”

Pope.

“Thy stone, O Sisyphus, stands still,

Ixion rests upon his wheel,

And the pale spectres dance.”

F. Lewis.

Si′va. In Hindoo mythology the “changer of form.”

Slaughter, see Furies.