augean stables

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

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   plural · Greek mythology

Questions about augean stables

What does augean stables mean?

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

Is augean stables a common word?

augean stables is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.