| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them.[Wordnet]. | |
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Common Expressions: Augean stables
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| Augean stables | (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: Augean stables
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| Augean Stables | Literature | 1: The stables of Augeas, King of Elis, in Greece. In these stables he had kept 3,000 oxen, and the stalls had not been cleansed for thirty years. When Hercules was appointed to cleanse these stables, he caused two rivers to run through them. 2: To cleanse the Augean stables. To clear away an accumulated mass of corruption, moral, religious, physical, or legal. To reform wrongs almost past the power of man to tackle. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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