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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the fifth labor of [[Heracles]] involved cleaning these stables which had never been cleaned. How did he do this? Diverting two [[rivers]], of course, to run through them. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], stables which [[Heracles]] cleaned by diverting the course of two [[river]]s to run through the stables, thereby washing them.

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Augean Stables [r]: From Greek mythology, stables which Heracles cleaned by diverting the course of two rivers to run through the stables, thereby washing them.