Namely, 126

NAMELY

eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)

words based on or derived from a person's name.

First Known Use: mid-19^th century

“What’s in a Name?”

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2­

126: Sisyphean: endlessly laborious and futile (from Sisyphus, a Corinthian king who offended Zeus and was punished by having to push a stone to the top of a hill in Hades; however, as the stone approached the top, it rolled back down, and Sisyphus had to start all over; earliest known use, 1635)

And once again, it seems, you ask

Of me a Sisyphean task.

So once again I’ll don my mask

And be the superhero, Yo—

And go fight crime (as you well know)

As I have done since long ago.

But if I do not soon come back—

A victim of some dire attack?—

I do not want to hear a crack

About how weak and frail I am—

For I’ll go off! With POW! and BAM!

And BOOM! and OOF! and even WHAM!