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A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
The king of Elis who owned the stables that Herakles (Heracles) was ordered to clean in only one day as his Fifth Labor.
Augeas had three thousand oxen (or cattle) and the stables had not been cleaned for thirty years; Herakles undertook this Labor with the same shrewd combination of brain and brawn that characterized his other Labors; with the help of his protector, Athene (Athena), he diverted the rivers Alpheius and Peneus to the stables and, using a large wrecking bar, knocked a hole in the wall allowing the torrential waters to flush out the accumulated detritus.
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A to Aegyptus Aello to Agesilaus I Agesilaus II to Akhaia Akhaian to Alkman Alkmene to Anaetius Anakeion to Apaturia Apeliotes to Argos Argus to Arkhidike Arkhilokhos to Astyanax Astydameia to Azov
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