2. Erystheus was furious than Hercules had caught a wild board so essily. And when Hercules returned from Colchis, the king had thought a impossible task: to clean the Augean stables. Erystheus was furious than Hercules had caught a wild board so essily. And when Hercules returned from Colchis, the king had thought a impossible task: to clean the Augean stables.
3. Augeasking of Elis, wasrichonearth, withcountlesssheep and cow as well as threehended blackbulls and a dozensilver-whitebulls . Butthekingwaslazy, and hadnotcleanedhisstablesformanyyears.
4. Herculeshad no needtoasktheway; when he waswithinfifty miles of thestables he smeltthestench. Holding hisnose, he wentstraightto King Augeas and vowedtocleantheyards .
5. First, he knockedtwoholes in thefarmyardwalls; then, usingevery bit of hisstrengh, he built a dam and divertedtwonearbyrivers. As theswirlingwaters of thetworiversrushedthroughtheyards and stables, theyswepallthedungbeforethemout sea. A fewhourslater, thestableswereclean .