Augean stables

English 2023 March 25 Etymology From en Augean pertaining to Augeas stables 1 endocentric. Augeas was a legendary king of Elis in Greek mythology who owned numerous divine cattle (3,000 en head measure for one animal, according to some later retellings) which produced a huge amount of dung in stables that had not been cleaned for over 30 years. The cleaning of the stables was the fifth of the twelve Labours of Hercules, which Hercules achieved by rerouting the Alpheus and Peneus rivers through them.Compare Augean adj 13061 December 2021 1; Augean adj Pronunciation en /ɔːˌd͡ʒiːən ˈsteɪbl̩z/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Augean stables.wav Southern England en /ɔˌd͡ʒiən ˈsteɪb(ə)lz/ /ˈɔˌɡiən-/ GA, en cot-caught /ɑˌd͡ʒiən-/ /ˈɑˌɡiən-/ en Au ge an sta bles Noun p Augean stable en idiomatic en Greek mythology The stables where King Augeas kept his vast herd. We started with the idea of washing ourselves at the hotel; but on seeing the basin and water and towel provided, I decided not to waste my time playing with them. As well might Hercules have attempted to tidy up the Augean stables with a squirt. An extremely filthy or untidy place or situation. en pigpen pigsty sty en She ordered him upstairs immediately to clean the Augean stables of his bedroom. en [anonymous translators] The Translators to the Reader https://books.google.com/books?id=gi9-wj8pTIEC&pg=PP6 [Antoine Arnauld; Pierre Nicole] Logic; or, The Art of Thinking:In which besides the Common, are Contain’d Many Excellent New Rules, Very Profitable for Directing of Reason, and Acquiring of Judgment, in Things as well Relating to the Instruction of a Mans Self, as of Others. In Four Parts. The First Consisting of Reflections upon Ideas, or upon the First Operation of the mind, which is Called Apprehension, &c. The Second of Considerations of Men about Proper Judgments, &c. The Third of the Nature and Various Kinds of Reasoning, &c. The Fourth Treats of the Most Profitable Method for Demonstrating or Illustrating any Truth, &c. To which is Added an Index to the Whole Book. For the Excellency of the Matter, Printed Many Times in French and Latin, and now for Publick Good Translated into English by Several Hands. London Printed by T. B. for H. Sawbridge,at the Bible on Ludgate-hill. 1685 912872364 Nor is his diligence in this particular, leſs to be applauded, for having cleans'd the Augean Stables of ſo many Syſtems [of logic], from ſtudied Barbariſm and Delirium. en B. V. [Historical Account of the Ancient Cathedral at Lichfield] Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym] The Gentleman’s Magazine: And Historical Chronicle London Printed by John Nichols, for D[avid] Henry,late of St. John’s Gate; and sold by E[lizabeth] Newbery,the corner of St. Paul’s Church-Yard, Ludgate-Street. 1 February 1783 LIII 120 https://books.google.com/books?id=8DE3AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA120 1 192374019 After the Reſtoration, this Proteſtant champion [John Hacket] vvas made B[isho]p of Lichfield; and vvith the ſame zeal vvith vvhich he had defended its rights and ceremonies, he ſet about the reſtoration of his cathedral. In the morning after his arrival at Lichfield he raiſed all his ſervants by daybreak, and vvith his coach-horſes and hired ſervants he began the great vvork of cleanſing the Augean Stable, to ſuch a deplorable ſtate had the enemy reduced it. en Provincial Drama The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners.With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage. London Printed for the proprietors, by J. Wright,Denmark-Court, Strand, and published by [for] Vernor and Hoodin the Poultry; sold also by all the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland. October 1799 VIII 245 https://books.google.com/books?id=AswPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA245 504027217 As a proof of the disgusting state of the house [the Theatre-Royal, Liverpool], suffice it to mention, that, at the late festival of music held here, which attracted a great concourse of fashionable company, a ridotto-ball was intended to have been given at the theatre; but, upon inspection by the committee, the place was found so uncomfortably dirty, damp, and noisome, the floor of the stage so worn and uneven, that it was judged impossible to cleanse the Augean stable so as to render it fit for the accommodation of the company, whence the design was given up, and the ball was held in the rooms of the Athenæum. How many a poor immortal soul have I met well nigh crushed and smothered under its load, creeping down the road of life, pushing before it a barn seventy-five feet by forty, its Augean stables never cleansed, and one hundred acres of land, tillage, mowing, pasture, and wood-lot! I 171 Then in the autumn of that year, 1858, I was asked to go to the West Indies, and cleanse the Augean stables of our Post Office system there. en w:Humphry Osmond 1953 Cynthia Carson Bisbee; et al. Psychedelic Prophets: The Letters of Aldous Huxley and Humphry Osmond McGill–Queen’s/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society 48 Montreal, Que.; Kingston, Ont.; London McGill–Queen’s University Press 1953 2018 35 https://books.google.com/books?id=6_t0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 978-0-7735-5506-8 In the meanwhile on quite a different front we are beginning to attack our ineffective and beastly hospital. It is an Augean stables, even down to dung on some of the ceilings – hard going, discouraging, exhausting and tough. en Nancy A. Cannon; Nancy Hennessy Cooney Stop Reminding and Get Creative Come to the Table: A Guide for Families to Restore Their Dinner Hour and Have Fun and Interesting Conversations Kansas City, Mo. Sheed & Ward 1997 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=eGZTh8kW93UC&pg=PA6 978-1-58051-029-5 Honey, your room looks like the Augean stable … and you have till noon to find Hercules! en John Bayley Comédie Française Widower’s House: A Study in Bereavement or How Margot and Mella Forced Me to Flee My Home New York, N.Y. W[illiam] W[arder] Norton & Company 2001 59 https://archive.org/details/widowershousestu00bayl/page/59/mode/1up 978-0-393-02561-3 Darling, Johnny's house is like those Augean stables. I'll really have to do something about it. en figuratively A place or situation characterized by corruption or moral decay. en den of iniquity sty Holy Panegyrick 711 Yea, as yee loue your ovvne life, peace, vvelfare; Rouze vp your ſpirits, avvaken your Chriſtian courage, and ſet your ſelues heartily againſt the traitorly ſinnes of theſe times, vvhich threaten the bane of all theſe. Cleanſe yee theſe Augean ſtables of our drunken Tauernes, of our profane ſtages, and of thoſe blinde Vaults of profeſſed filthineſſe, VVhoſe ſteppes goe dovvne to the chambers of Death; yea, to the deepe of Hell. en “Cato” [pseudonym] Political Letters to the Author of the Lond[on] Journal, from Jan. 14. to Feb. 18. The Political State of Great Britain London Printed [F]or the author [Abel Boyer], and sold by T. Warnerat the Black Boy, in Pater-Noster-Row, and A. Rocayrol,the corner of Peter’s Court in St. Martin’s Lane. February 1 (Gregorian calendar) 1721 11 March 1721 (Gregorian calendar) XXI 156 https://books.google.com/books?id=hX1YAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA156 145185109 Let us ſhevv our Duty to this our great and benevolent Sovereign; let us endeavour to alleviate his Cares, and him of all ungrateful Burthens; let us take upon our ſelves the heavy and long Labour of cleanſing the Augean Stables, and of cutting off all the Hydra's Head at once. en “A Freeholder” [pseudonym] A Letter to the Electors of Ireland, on the Projected Measure of an Union.With Some Friendly Hints to the Borough Patrons of Ireland. By a Freeholder. Dublin Printed for J. Moore,No. 45, College-Green. 1799 9–10 https://books.google.com/books?id=CuA1AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA9 1325908564 Some perſons imagine, and argue, as if a conſolidation of the Legiſlatures vvould correct the vices and cure the corruption of Parliament, as if they conſidered the Britiſh Senate the choſen ſpot, the conſecrated temple of genuine and unſullied freedom, and that of Ireland no better than the Augean ſtable, vvhich no time or labour could cleanſe of its filth and free from its impurities. But, my friends and countrymen, you have too much underſtanding to be deluded by ſuch monſtrous and abſurd poſitions, vvhich have ſuch little foundation, either in fact or in a knovvledge of human nature. en General [Pierre] Van Cortlandt Meeting at Auburn, N.Y. A[nthony] B[anning] Norton The Great Revolution of 1840. Reminiscences of the Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign Mount Vernon, Oh.; Dallas, Tex. A. B. Norton & Co. 5 October 1840 1888 341 https://books.google.com/books?id=h74TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA341 1152691951 We have assembled to discuss those principles of government—principles which have been subverted to the purposes of the present administration. We have seen the effect of some of the measures of the administration at Washington, and it is high time, my fellow-citizens, that the Augean stable there was cleansed. The Augean stable at Washington has had a number of animals in it for nearly twelve years, without being cleaned out. [Laughter.] en w:Chinua Achebe 5 w:No Longer at Ease African Writers Series Oxford, Oxfordshire Heinemann Educational Publishers 1960 1987 40 https://books.google.com/books?id=2IkapDs63ykC&pg=PA40 978-0-435-90528-6 'What an Augean stable!' he muttered to himself. 'Where does one begin? With the masses? Educate the masses?' He shook his head. 'Not a chance there. It would take centuries. A handful of men at the top. Or even one man with vision – an enlightened dictator. People are scared of the word nowadays. But what kind of democracy can exist side by side with so much corruption and ignorance? Perhaps a half-way house – a sort of compromise.' en Dahyabhai V. Patel The Insecticides (Amendment) Bill, 1972 Parliamentary Debates: Rajya Sabha: Official Report w:Rajya Sabha New Delhi Rajya Sabha Secretariat 23 August 1972 LXXXI 16 248 https://books.google.com/books?id=0WTVAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA247 428004409 Augean stables are everywhere under the Congress Raj—whether in agriculture or elsewhere. Only a few days back there was a huge fraud in the CHS dispensaries. en Stuart Morgan Confessions of a Body Snatcher: Glenn Brown Frieze https://web.archive.org/web/20230311141726/https://www.frieze.com/article/confessions-body-snatcher London Frieze Publishing 10 October 1993 52 0962-0672 749943745 For him [Glenn Brown], daft, culturally sanctioned gesturalism is an Augean stable, and he the Hercules whose duty it is to disinfect it. At this time, for example, he mounted an attack on the ultimate in post-war expressionism. Unfortunately, his version of a chimpanzee painting remains unfinished. en w:Mark Latham 2004 Pre-election The Latham Diaries Carlton, Vic. w:Melbourne University Press 27 April 2004 2005 283 https://archive.org/details/lathamdiaries0000lath/page/283/mode/1up 978-0-522-85215-8 The legacy of State-based political machines—I need to win an election despite them. And then I can clean out the Augean stables: abolish the National Executive for what they did to Cookie, and abolish the primacy of the State branches. en Dan Agbese The Augean Stable Ibrahim Babangida: The Military, Politics and Power in Nigeria London; Abuja, Nigeria Adonis & Abbey May 2012 177 https://books.google.com/books?id=n_YwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA177 978-1-912234-34-9 The military administration wasted little time in getting down to the business of cleaning up the Augean Stable. The constitution was suspended. All political appointees lost their job. They were all hounded into detention, collectively accused of corruption. Usage notes The term is chiefly used in the form “to clean (or cleanse) the Augean stables”. Related terms en Augeas en Augean Translations extremely filthy or untidy place or situation Belarusian: be а́ўгіевы ста́йні p, be а́ўгіевы каню́шні p Bulgarian: bg авги́еви обо́ри p Finnish: fi Augeiaan tallit p German: de Ställe Augias' m-p, de Augiasstall m Macedonian: mk Aвгиеви коњушници p Russian: ru а́вгиевы коню́шни p Swedish: sv augiasstall n Ukrainian: uk а́вгієві ста́йні f-p, uk а́вгієві коню́шні f-p place or situation characterized by corruption or moral decay Belarusian: be а́ўгіевы ста́йні p, be а́ўгіевы каню́шні p Bulgarian: bg авги́еви обо́ри p Finnish: fi Augeiaan tallit p German: de Augiasstall m Macedonian: mk Aвгиеви коњушници Polish: pl stajnia Augiasza f Welsh: cy stablau Awgeas f-p Armenian: hy ավգյան ախոռներ p French: fr écuries d'Augias f-p Spanish: es establos de Augías m-p References Further reading Augeas Augean stable en compound nouns eponyms terms derived from Greek mythology en Feces Greek mythology Places