Augean Stables

Definition: Augean Stables

1. (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them.

Specialty Definition: Augean Stables

Domain	Definition
Literature	Augean Stables The stables of Augeas, King of Elis, in Greece. In these stables he had kept 3,000 oxen, and the stalls had not been cleansed for thirty years. When Hercules was appointed to cleanse these stables, he caused two rivers to run through them. To cleanse the Augean stables. To clear away an accumulated mass of corruption, moral, religious, physical, or legal. To reform wrongs almost past the power of man to tackle. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Expression: Augean Stables

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Augean Stables

Modern Translation: Augean Stables

Language		Translations for "Augean stables"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		авгиеви обори. (various references)

French		écuries d'augias. (various references)

German		augiasstall (Augean stable). (various references)

Hungarian		augiász istállója. (various references)

Pig Latin		augeanay ablesstay

Russian		авгиевы конюшни. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		augijeva štala. (various references)

Spanish		establos de augias. (various references)

Swedish		augiasstall. (various references)

Turkish		pisliği temizlemek (cleanse the augean stables). (various references)
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Misspellings: Augean Stables

Misspellings
	"Augean Stables" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aegean stables. (additional references)
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Anagrams: Augean Stables

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-e-e-g-l-n-s-s-t-u"
	-4 letters: ablegates, abnegates, angeluses, angulates, guessable, gustables, nauseates, stageable, stealages, subagents, uneatable.
	-5 letters: ablegate, abluents, abnegate, anabases, anatases, angulate, basaltes, beatless, blueness, eatables, elastase, euglenas, galateas, gateless, guanases, gustable, languets, lasagnas, lasagnes, lateness, nauseate, nestable, sealants, stealage, subagent, sublates, sublease, subnasal, substage, subteens, sultanas, sunbelts, tableaus, tubeless, tuneable, tuneless, unstable, unsteels.
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Expression using "Augean stables": cleanse the augean stables. Additional references.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
augean stables	3
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