ould er ▁would ▁roll ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁bottom ▁and ▁S isy ph us ▁was ▁condem ned ▁to ▁begin ▁again . ▁He ▁appears ▁in ▁The ▁Dem ig od ▁Files ▁in ▁the ▁story ▁titled ▁The ▁S word ▁of ▁H ades ▁when ▁Per cy ▁and ▁N ico ▁asked ▁his ▁advice ▁while ▁Th alia ▁push es ▁the ▁b ould er ▁up ▁the ▁hill . ▁He ▁does ▁not ▁really ▁help ▁them ▁much , ▁but ▁he ▁does ▁say ▁that ▁he ▁helped ▁someone ▁else . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁told ▁that ▁other ▁person ▁to ▁go ▁see ▁Mel ino e . ▁Therefore , ▁Per cy ▁and ▁his ▁friends ▁go ▁to ▁see ▁Mel ino e ▁as ▁S isy ph us ▁beg s ▁for ▁them ▁to ▁set ▁him ▁free ▁from ▁his ▁pun ishment ▁for ▁being ▁here ▁was ▁a ▁minor ▁set - back . ▁ ▁King ▁T antal us ▁– ▁The ▁spirit ▁of ▁a ▁king ▁from ▁the ▁Field s ▁of ▁P un ishment ▁who ▁is ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Ze us . ▁He ▁ended ▁up ▁there ▁after ▁killing ▁his ▁son ▁Pel ops , ▁cutting ▁him ▁up , ▁and ▁serving ▁him ▁as ▁food ▁to ▁the ▁gods . ▁His ▁pun ishment ▁in ▁the ▁Field s ▁of ▁P un ishment ▁was ▁to ▁stand ▁under ▁a ▁fruit ▁tree ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁a ▁lake . ▁When ▁he ▁tried ▁to ▁pl uck ▁the ▁fruit ▁to ▁eat , ▁the ▁branches ▁of ▁the ▁tree ▁rose ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁reach ▁and ▁when ▁he ▁bent ▁down ▁to ▁drink ▁the ▁water , ▁the ▁level ▁would ▁retre at . ▁T antal us ▁became ▁" t antal