Hey! Hades! Show me how those handcuffs work. And Death took a Holiday.

"He was notorious as the most cunning knave on earth. His greatest triumph

came at the end of his life, when the god Hades came to claim him personally

for the kingdom of the dead. Hades had brought along a pair of handcuffs, a

comparative novelty, and Sisyphus expressed such an interest that Hades was

persuaded to demonstrate their use - on himself.

And so it came about that the high lord of the Underworld was kept locked

up in a closet at Sisyphus's house for many a day, a circumstance which put

the great chain of being seriously out of whack. Nobody could die. A soldier

might be chopped to bits in battle and still show up at camp for dinner.”

Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology