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Webster 1913 Edition
Augean
Au-ge′an
,Adj.
1.
(Class. Myth.)
Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
2.
Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
Augean stable
(Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
Webster 1828 Edition
Augean
AUGE'AN
,Adj.
Definition 2025
Augean
Augean
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Augean (comparative more Augean, superlative most Augean)
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↑ Ariadne’s Thread: A Guide to International Tales Found in Classical Literature by William F. Hansen (2002; Cornell University Press; ISBN 9780801475726, 9780801436703), page 160
Herakles Cleans the Augean Stables
One of the best-known stories attached to Herakles tells how in one day he removed the dung from King Augeias’s cattle yard, which had not been cleaned in years.