Augean stables
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Augean stables
pl n
(Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the stables, not cleaned for 30 years, where King Augeas kept 3000 oxen. Hercules diverted the River Alpheus through them and cleaned them in a day
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Auge′an sta′bles
n.pl.
the stables of Augeas, a legendary king of Elis, which had been left filthy for many years: they were cleaned by Hercules, who diverted a river through them.
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Noun | 1. | Augean stables - (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks |
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