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
Hercules, without telling Augeas it was his appointed p. 47task, offered to do it if he were repaid the tenth of the herds, and received the promise on oath.
From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Charlotte Mary Yonge
They and their chariots with them had gone to the games and were to run for a tripod, but King Augeas took them, and sent back their driver grieving for the loss of his horses.
From The Iliad by Homer
This place Eurystheus ordered Hercules to clear in one day, and Augeas promised, if he performed the task, to give him a tenth part of the cattle.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Charles K. Dillaway
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