He diverted a river through them.
It took Hercules one day to clean the stables because he diverted the path of a river to wash the stables clean.
Hercules cleaned his stables.
The stable that Hercules had to clean was called the Augean Stables. As part of his Twelve Labors, Hercules was tasked with cleaning these stables in a single day. The stables were known for their immense filth, housing thousands of cattle, and Hercules accomplished the task by redirecting two rivers to wash out the waste.
rerouted two rivers
Hercules did not participate in the Trojan War, but as one of his twelve labors he was assigned to clean the Augean Stables.
King Augeas of Elis.
One. He bore holes in the floor.
"My homework last night was like Hercules' assignment to clean the Augean Stables".
Hercules cleaned out the Augean stables as one of his Twelve Labors by diverting two rivers, the Alpheus and the Peneus, to wash out the massive accumulation of dung that had built up over years. He negotiated with King Augeas to undertake this task in exchange for a share of the cattle. By using the rivers, Hercules was able to complete the task in a single day, transforming the stables and fulfilling his labor. This labor showcased his strength and ingenuity, as well as his ability to think creatively to solve difficult problems.
Cleaning the Augean Stables was one of the labours of Heracles (or Hercules). The stables were massive and had not been cleaned for many years. As such they were filthy, and it was said that to stand in the stables for more than a minute was to risk infection.
The stables had not been cleaned or years, and Hercules did so by rerouting two rivers. So the illustration is to take a long-standing problem, one that had become worse over the years as people ignored it, and use an "out of the box" solution to take care of it.
ask about in stables!