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Did Heracles diverted a river and cleaned the stables of Augeas?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hercules was set 12 labours for crimes he had commited while drunk off his ***.The fifth of the Twelve labours for him to complete was to clean the Augean stables in a single day. The reasoning behind this being set as a labour was twofold: firstly, all the previous labours exalted Heracles in the eyes of the people and this one would surely degrade him; secondly, as the livestock were a divine gift to Augeas they were immune from disease and thus the amount of dirt and filth amassed in the uncleaned stables made the task surely impossible. However, Heracles succeeded by rerouting the rivers Alpheus and Peneus to wash out the filth.
Augeas was irate because he had promised Heracles one-tenth of his cattle if the job was finished in one day. He refused to honour the agreement, and Heracles killed him after having completed the tasks and gave his kingdom to Augeas' son, Phyleus, who had been exiled for supporting Heracles against his father.
- NavigatorLv 71 decade ago
He did, according to Greek mythology. In fact, diverting the river was one way he ended up with 12 labors. There were originally only supposed to be 10, but the gods decided that he cheated with the stable cleaning and he had help fighting the hydra, so they gave him two more.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes. Two rivers. The Alpheus and the Peneus.
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- ?Lv 45 years ago
Upstream Infiltration of urination should cause some consternation across the chinese nation,maybe resulting in litigation , whilst flavouring his rice crop to preclude salivation, Causing severe dehydration, deprivation & constipation ........ Sod it I've had enough of this Drivvle !.. Sort out yer own mess !