the Augean Stables betydelse and definition

Betydelse av the Augean Stables på svenska

• 0 in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), the stables (= buildings for keeping horses or cows) of King Augeas, which had never been cleaned until Hercules was given the task of cleaning them:

  • Hercules' fifth labour was to clean the Augean Stables in a limited time.

  • A campaigning US attorney decided that Wall Street was an Augean Stables that he was destined to muck out.