These bronze plated bookends show the wonderful nude, well muscled body of Sisyphus. His name is written on the side of each bookend, and his story is on the back: "Sisyphus Founder of Corinth and the Isthmian games - He was condemned in Hades forever to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone that always rolled down again". The strain of this task is shown perfectly in Sisyphus's shoulders, neck and face. Don't you love Greek & Roman mythology? The gods could be very cruel!