Sisyphus's work is useless, hard work, barren work.
The expression appeared from the ancient Greek tradition of Sisif (Sisyphus), a famous cunning man who was able to deceive even the gods and constantly entered into conflicts with them.
It was he who managed to chain Tanatos, the god of death sent to him, and to keep him imprisoned for several years, so that people did not die.
For his actions Sisyph was severely punished in Aida - he had to roll a heavy stone on the mountain, which, reaching the top, inevitably fell down, so that all the work had to start again.

Pandora's box is the source of multiple misfortunes, disasters. From the ancient Greek myth of Pandora, according to which people once lived without knowing any misfortunes, disease and old age, until Prometheus stole fire from the gods. For this, the angry zevs sent a beautiful woman to the ground - Pandora; she received from God a casket in which all human misfortunes were locked. Despite Prometheus's warning not to open the casket, Pandora, instigated by curiosity, opened it and scattered all the misfortunes.
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