The population of Augea is 283.
The stable was very dirty.
Hercules cleaned his stables.
Stables. Really big ones.
King Augeas of Elis.
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.
Augeas king of Elis; Herakles accomplished this task given to him by King Eurystheus by diverting the waters of the rivers Alpheus and Peneus to the stables.
Hercules' sixth labor was to clean the Stables of Augeas in a single day. Augeas, the king of Elis, had vast herds of cattle, and his stables had not been cleaned for years, resulting in a massive accumulation of manure. Hercules accomplished this task by rerouting two rivers, the Alpheus and the Peneus, to wash out the stables. This labor demonstrated his ingenuity and strength, as he completed the seemingly impossible task in the allotted time.
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.
The Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held for held in honor of Zeus because they want some thing to do and to honor their gods. According to Greek Mythology, Hercules started the games in celebration of his defeating and killing King Augeas and his sons, because Augeas did not give Hercules his promised reward after Hercules had cleaned the king's stables. After the original games, they were repeated every four years.
Ancient legend has it that the god, Hercules instituted a series of athletic events at Olympia which were repeated every 4 yrs. He did this in celebration of his defeating and killing King Augeas and his sons.
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.