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How does Sisyphus cheat Death?

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Post-Homeric legend claims that when Death comes for Sisyphus, Sisyphus cheats him by capturing him. Death escapes, however, and ensnares Sisyphus, though not before Sisyphus has told his wife not to bury his body or perform traditional funeral sacrifices. Consequently, he is allowed to return from the underworld, supposedly to punish his wife for her omission. He then lives a full life before dying, a second time, in his old age.