Stables. Really big ones.
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.
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.
King Augeas of Elis.
King Augeas of Elis. His stables were so filthy because they hadn't been cleaned in 30 years and they served as home to 1,000 head of divine cattle. Heracles was given the task to clean the stables in a single day. He did so by rerouting the rivers Alpheus and Peneus through the stables, washing out the filth.
1. Kill the Nemean Lion 2. Kill the Lernaean Hydra 3. Capture the Ceryneian Hind (alive) 4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar (alive) 5. Clean out the stables of king Augeas 6. Get rid of the Stymphalian Birds 7. Capture the Cretan Bull 8. Acquire the Mares of Diomedes 9. Get the Girdle of Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons 10. Steal the Cattle of Geryon 11. Get the Apples of the Hesperides 12. Capture Cerberus (alive)
Hercules cleaned his stables.
Heracles was commanded by King Eurystheus to clean Augeias' stables as one of his Twelve Labors. 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.
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.
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.
He promised Heracles one tenth of all his cows, but refused to honor the bargain. He only went into it thinking that the task was impossible. Heracles repaid his treachery by killing him.
King Augeas of Elis.
King Augeas of Elis. His stables were so filthy because they hadn't been cleaned in 30 years and they served as home to 1,000 head of divine cattle. Heracles was given the task to clean the stables in a single day. He did so by rerouting the rivers Alpheus and Peneus through the stables, washing out the filth.
Herakles was commanded by King Eurystheus to clean Augeias' stables as one of his Twelve Labours.
Augeas
Heracles was bisexual
1. Kill the Nemean Lion 2. Kill the Lernaean Hydra 3. Capture the Ceryneian Hind (alive) 4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar (alive) 5. Clean out the stables of king Augeas 6. Get rid of the Stymphalian Birds 7. Capture the Cretan Bull 8. Acquire the Mares of Diomedes 9. Get the Girdle of Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons 10. Steal the Cattle of Geryon 11. Get the Apples of the Hesperides 12. Capture Cerberus (alive)
The Greek Mythological Hero Heracles was given twelve 'impossible' tasks to perform. These are called the Twelve Labours of Hercules. (Of course, he completed them all).The fifth labour was to clean the stables of Augeas, king of Elis.Augeas had an enormous herd of divine cattle. These produced an unimaginably huge quantity of dung, and no-one had ever succeeded in cleaning their byre. (Heracles was given only one day).Cleaning the Augean stables is proverbial: it means a job so dirty and so huge that no-one can hope to succeed at it. (Except maybe Heracles).----Current examples of tasks that might be called cleaning the Augean stables would include:* removing all the corrupt politicians from the Zimbabwe government * replacing all the dubious ballot results in the Iranian election with figures which are trustworthy * exposing all the mediums on American daytime TV who are fake