augean stables

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cleanse the Augean stables

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(Greek Mythology) stables of King Augeas in which he kept 3000 oxen and which were not cleaned for 30 years (Hercules cleaned the stables by diverting a river through them)

according to ancient Greek stories, the very dirty buildings where a king named Augeas kept thousands of cattle. Hercules was ordered to clean them, and he did this by changing the direction of a river to make the water flow through the stables. The expression 'to clean the Augean stables' is sometimes used in literature to describe a very difficult unpleasant job

(Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them

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cleanse the Augean stables

clean up a large amount of filth or moral corruption, accomplish any large arduous task (as did Hercules when he cleaned the Augean stables)

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Au·ge·an stables