of Augeas, king of Elis, or his stable, which holds 3,000 oxen and remains uncleaned for 30 years until Hercules, as one of his twelve labors, cleans it in one day by diverting a river (or two rivers) through it
2.
very filthy or corrupt
Word origin
< L Augeas < Gr Augeias
Examples of 'Augean' in a sentence
Augean
I think he sees himself as cleaning the Augean stables of psychology.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
B. B. had performed the Augean task of cleaning his pockets out of old handkerchiefs and found nothing.