Augeas
Americannoun
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Remember how Hercules’ fifth task was to clean the stables of King Augeas in a single day?
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2016
Augeas had thousands of cattle and their stalls had not been cleared out for years.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
He overcame the Cretan Bull, and cleaned out the Stables of Augeas; he conquered Death and, descending into Hades, brought Cerberus thence and ascended into Heaven.
From Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning by Edward Carpenter
He was no longer born exposed to the waters of Aquarius, like Bacchus, nor enclosed in an urn like the God Canopus; but in the Stables of Augeas or the Celestial Goat.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
If you had fallen amongst these, you may think yourself very strong, but you would have found it worse than the sewers of Augeas: I drained out more filth than you did.
From Apocolocyntosis by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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