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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]], 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.

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Augean Stables [r]: From 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.