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Augeas
W mitologii greckiej, Augeas, którego imię oznacza "jasny", był królem Elis i ojcem Epicaste. Niektórzy twierdzą, że Augeas był jednym z Argonautów. Najbardziej znany jest ze swoich stajni, w których mieści się największa liczba bydła w kraju i nigdy nie była czyszczona - aż do czasu wielkich bohaterów Heraklesa. Linia Augeasa różni się w źródłach - powiedziano mu, że jest albo synem Heliusa, Nausidame, Eleios, króla Elis, Nausidame, Posejdon, czy Phorbas i Hyrmine. Jego dzieci to Epicaste, Phyleus, Agamede, Agasthenes i Eurytus.
Definicja słowa Augean stables w słowniku
Definicja stajni Augeana w słowniku to stajnie, nie oczyszczone przez 30 lat, gdzie król Augeas trzymał 3000 wołów. Hercules przekierował przez nich rzekę Alpejską i oczyścił je w jeden dzień.
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Cleaning
Augean Stables: Examining Drama's Strategies
Cleaning Augean Stables: Examining Drama's Strategies addresses that failure in four ways: It critiques those critical pieties, counters their irrelevance and argues their diminishing value for our time.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
29 Augean stables Attila the Hun King of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453
. His name and that of his people is synonymous with barbarism, cruelty, terror,
and destruction. (See GOTHIC.) Attila, also called the "Scourge of God" (in Latin it
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Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber,
1999
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The Book of Virtues for Young People: A Treasury of Great ...
Hercules Cleans the Augean Stables The cleaning of the Augean stables was
the fifth of the famous Twelve Labors of Hercules, which the great Greek hero
performed by order of his cousin, King Eurystheus of Mycenae. We usually think
of ...
An unusual case for Hercule Poirot. This time he has to clear up a political scandal and he chooses a particularly ingenious method of restoring confidence in a nervous Prime Minister.
The cleaning of the Augean stables was the fifth of the famous Twelve Labors of
Hercules, which the great Greek hero performed by order of his cousin, King
Eurystheus of Mycenae. We usually think of Hercules as embodying strength
more ...
The original Augean Stables were tenements appertaining to one Augeas, king
of Elia, a country of Peloponnesus. They had been occupied formany years by
about three thousand head of live stock, consisting of goats and oxen, and during
...
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Punch Or The London Charivari
Several, from their connexion with agriculture, and also from their tastes, habits,
and ideas, might figuratively have been termed oxen ; but the only bulls in the
Augean Stables were Irish, or oral bulls, and these were tolerably numerous.
Goats ...
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The Mythology of the Night Sky: An Amateur Astronomer's ...
Eurystheus thought the birds were such easy prey that the labor was hardly worth
it, so he charged Hercules with the task of cleaning the Augean Stables. The
stables were the property of Augeas, king of Elis, who had more cattle and flocks
...
When Hercules saw the Augean stables, he was truly dismayed by its size, its
stench and its filth. Then he noticed that the stables were situated between two
mighty rivers — the Alpheus and the Peneus. With his enormous physical
prowess, ...
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Mythematics: Solving the Twelve Labors of Hercules
From conquering the Nemean Lion and cleaning out the Augean Stables, to capturing the Erymanthean Boar and entering the Underworld to defeat the three-headed dog Cerberus, Hercules and his legend are the inspiration for this book of fun and ...
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Augean stables w wiadomościach.
Is the Justice Lodha committee paying any attention to BCCI's dirty …
... of a cleaning of the Augean stables will change the way the BCCI functions. The muck runs too deep for cosmetic changes to have any effect. «Firstpost, Lip 15»
Comment - The Grim Reaper knocks on Greece's door
Greece needs a financial and social revolution to clean out its Augean stables of corruption, speculation and malfeasance. They must be made ... «The Sun Daily, Lip 15»
Men! If you name your penis, you're a tool
... so your pants don't contain a divine hero capable of slaying a nine-headed hydra or cleaning out the Augean stables in a limited timeframe. «The Guardian, Lip 15»
Crime but no Punishment
The Chief Minister could have signalled his honest intention to clean up the Augean stables by doing nothing more than giving a nod for ... «Mid-Day, Lip 15»
RSS leader on govt.
... makes it clear that the onus is now on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clean the Augean stables and show the door to those who are guilty. «The Hindu, Lip 15»
Augean Stables
... doubly sure that the present administration is insulated from harm from dodgy quarters, and by and by, he will clean out the Augean stables. «Swarajya, Cze 15»
Herculean labours of laughter
... the Hydra, performed a folk dance in the smelly Augean Stables, and took flight as the man-eating Stymphalian Birds with great enthusiasm. «Lancashire Evening Post, Cze 15»
Greece crisis: Alexis Tsipras lashes out as tempers fray ahead of …
... programme, but only if Athens agrees to a package of Herculean reforms designed to clean the Augean stables of the Greek economy. «The Independent, Cze 15»
REVIEW: Hercules, Grand Theatre, Blackpool
... the Hydra, performed a folk dance in the smelly Augean Stables, and took flight as the man-eating Stymphalian Birds with great enthusiasm. «Blackpool Gazette, Cze 15»
Carney takes aim
Although this call is a bit late in coming, it is important that the Bank and the City regulator return to basics in order to clean the Augean stables. «FT Adviser, Cze 15»