| Mythology Dictionary: Augean stables |
Stables that figured in the Greek myth of the Labors of Hercules. The stables, which belonged to King Augeas, housed a large herd of cattle and had not been cleaned for years. Hercules was ordered to clean out these filthy stalls. He did so by diverting the course of two rivers so that they flowed through the stables.
| WordNet: Augean stables |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them
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