Stable of Augeias

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The Stable of Augeias in the 5th century BCE

The Stable of Augeias was a stable which had allegedly belonged to Augeias, King of Elis, in Greek mythology.

History

Myth

According to the Greek mythology, the fifth task given by King Eurystheas of Mycenae to the hero Herakles was to cleanse out the stables of Augeas. The thing was that the cattle within were immortal, and numbered at over 1,000. In addition to that, the stables hadn't been cleaned for thirty years. Herakles asked to be paid if he managed to do it in one day, and King Augeias agreed.

Despite expectations, Herakles succeeded in this task; he diverted the paths of the rivers Alpheus in Peloponnese and Pineios in Thessaly so that they ran through the stables, removing the filth within.

5th century BCE

By the time of the Peloponnesian War in the 5th century BCE, the stable was an abandoned site outside Elis City within the Kingdom of Pelops.

At some point during said conflict, the Spartan general Taureas and his men were stationed at the stables, though they had to flee them because of the beasts within. Unfortunately, Taureas was forced to leave behind his lucky token, a sword. When he encountered the Spartan misthios Kassandra, he asked her to retrieve it.

When Kassandra reached the stables, she discovered it had been taken over by a pack of boars, with wolves haunting the wetlands around it.

Gallery

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  The boars at the stables
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  Kassandra finding a treasure in the stables
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  A metope depicting Herakles cleaning out the Stables, while the goddess Athena observes
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  Herakles and the Augean stables, scene from a bronze plaquette from Galeazzo Mondella (1467-1528) / 16th cent. CE (Renaissance period)

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey