Hercules and the Augean Stables
Hercules had to clean out the horse
stables of King Augeus, which hadn't been cleaned in years and were
all full of horse poop. It seemed like it would take forever, but Hercules
found a river nearby and dammed it up so it ran right through the stables
and washed them all clean. This picture of it, from a metope
of the Temple of Zeus
at Olympia (about 460 BC)
shows Hercules digging, while Athena shows
him what to do.
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