augean

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English - Turkish
{s} çok pis
{s} pis
{s} leş gibi
cleanse the Augean stables
pisliği temizlemek
English - English
Hence, very filthy
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Augeas
{s} (Greek Mythology) filthy, dirty and corrupt (taken from the story of King Augeas' dirty stables which had to be cleaned with a river); resembling the Augean stables that were extremely filthy
Hercules cleansed it in a single day
Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years
extremely dirty and corrupt; "every government ought to attend to cleaning its own Augean stables
extremely dirty and corrupt; "every government ought to attend to cleaning its own Augean stables"
Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt
Augean stables
(Greek Mythology) stables of King Augeas in which he kept 3000 oxen and which were not cleaned for 30 years (Hercules cleaned the stables by diverting a river through them)
Augean stables
according to ancient Greek stories, the very dirty buildings where a king named Augeas kept thousands of cattle. Hercules was ordered to clean them, and he did this by changing the direction of a river to make the water flow through the stables. The expression 'to clean the Augean stables' is sometimes used in literature to describe a very difficult unpleasant job
augean stables
(Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them
cleanse the Augean stables
clean up a large amount of filth or moral corruption, accomplish any large arduous task (as did Hercules when he cleaned the Augean stables)
augean

    Hyphenation

    Au·ge·an

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () A reference to Augeas, a figure in Greek mythology whose stables were never cleaned until Hercules was given the task of cleaning them. Ariadne’s Thread: A Guide to International Tales Found in Classical Literature by William F. Hansen (2002; ; ISBN 9780801475726, 9780801436703), 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.
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