\paperw2700 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \cf7 The stables of \b \cf15 \ATXht10144 Augeas\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , King of Elis, housed three thousand head of cattle and had not been
cleaned for thirty years. \b \cf15 \ATXht10520 Eurystheus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 commanded \b \cf15 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 to clean them in a single day. Without mentioning the order, Heracles offered to Augeas to carry out the thankless task in
exchange for the tenth part of the herd. He then altered the course of the rivers \b \cf15 \ATXht10122 Alpheus\b0 \ATXht0 \cf7 and \b \cf15 \ATXht11614 Peneius\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 and made them pass through the stables, washing them rapidly. But when Auge
as learned that Heracles had done the job on the orders of Eurystheus, he refused to give him the cattle he had promised. Later, the hero would take his revenge by invading Elis.
