Augean stables
nounEtymology
From Augean (“pertaining to Augeas”) + stables. Augeas was a legendary king of Elis in Greek mythology who owned numerous divine cattle (3,000 head, according to some later retellings) which produced a huge amount of dung in stables that had not been cleaned for over 30 years. The cleaning of the stables was the fifth of the twelve Labours of Hercules, which Hercules achieved by rerouting the Alpheus and Peneus rivers through them.
Definitions
The stables where King Augeas kept his vast herd.
An extremely filthy or untidy place or situation.
- She ordered him upstairs immediately to clean the Augean stables of his bedroom.
- Nor is his diligence in this particular, leſs to be applauded, for having cleans'd the Augean''' Stables of ſo many Syſtems [of logic], from ſtudied Barbariſm and Delirium.
A place or situation characterized by corruption or moral decay.
The neighborhood
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