augeas in a sentence

1. Hercules called the son of Augeas to testify.

2. Hercules brought Augeas's son along to watch.

3. “Augeas couldn’t believe his ears, but promised.

4. Augeas banished them both before the court had ruled.

5. Augeas was king in Elis and had great herds of cattle.

6. Now King Augeas owned more cattle than anyone in Greece.

7. The fifth labour was to clean the stables of King Augeas.

8. Hercules claimed his reward in court, and was supported by Augeas' son Phyleus.

9. In a rage, Augeas ordered both his own son and Hercules to leave his kingdom at once.

10. Augeas said that if Hercules didn't like it, he could take the matter to a judge to decide.

11. When Augeas learned that Eurystheus was behind all this, he would not pay Hercules his reward.

12. Then Eurystheus made Hercules' task even harder: he had to clean up after the cattle of Augeas in a single day.

13. Before starting on the task, Hercules had asked Augeas for one-tenth of the cattle if he finished the task in one day, and Augeas agreed.

14. Hercules went to King Augeas, and without telling anything about Eurystheus, said that he would clean out the stables in one day, if Augeas would give him a tenth of his fine cattle.

15. Some say that he was a son of one of the great gods, and others that he was a son of a mortal; whosever son he was, Augeas was very rich, and he had many herds of cows, bulls, goats, sheep and horses.