Heracles when driven mad by the goddess Hera
Murdered
his three children and his wife Megara
The
Delphic oracle punished him for the murders
By ordering him to perform the Twelve Labors
The labors were set by king Eurystheus his cousin
The
fifth labor Eurystheus Took great pleasure in
He
chose a Labor he hoped would be demeaning
And
he was sure would humiliate his heroic cousin
Heracles
was to clean the stables of King Augeas
And
he must do it in a single day to have success
King
Augeas possessed for years vast herds of cattle
Their
deposits of manure was to be Heracles battle
So
much had been deposited by the cattle of Augeas
That
a thick aroma hung over the Peloponnesus
But
Heracles Instead of using baskets and shovels
He
diverted two rivers through the Augean stables
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