The Furies - and Megaera in particular - torment him as he attempts to push the boulder, though with Zagreus' recent escape attempts, they appear to be slacking on this particular duty. His punishment is to roll a boulder up a steep hill the boulder, however, always rolls back down the hill before he reaches the top, despite his best efforts. He succeeded twice, each time only temporarily before the consequences caught up with him. Sisyphus is a former king sentenced to an eternity of punishment within Tartarus for attempting to cheat death. Within the depths of Tartarus reside the most wretched of all the shades who linger for eternity within the Underworld, whose Lord and Master is especially unkind to those attempting to cheat death.
