Heracles was to have the tenth part of the oxen as his reward,
but when the hero had accomplished his task by leading the rivers
Alpheus and Peneus through the stables, Augeas refused to keep his
promise. Heracles, therefore, made war upon him, which terminated
in his death and that of his sons, with the exception of one,
Phyleus, whom Heracles placed on the throne of his father.