Talk:Augeas

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Origin[edit]

The following speculation appears to be from Edward Carpenter: Pagan and Christian Cults (1920).

The Romans gave the constellation of Capricorn its name, taking it from part of a myth also concerning Pisces. The Greeks called it the Augean Stable, since the sun (brightness - the meaning of the name Augeas) appears to go to rest (i.e. stable) there during the winter solstice.

Since this time was so dark, early Greek religious ideas were that the darkness of the sky was due to the accumulation of sin throughout the year, thus the stable is extremely dirty and never cleaned before that year. These sins were said to be washed away as the sun arose again, and the next sign of the Zodiac is Aquarius, who is implicated in Greek mythology as causing a great flood. The factual river Alphaeus drains the mountains, but runs mostly underground, thus was seen as having been diverted.

While less silly than much modern mythography, we should not be stating this in Wikipedia's voice. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 21:32, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

anon addition[edit]

Here's an anon addition I've reverted—no ref. and poor language, but might be useful later. The addition is italicised.

+ The success of this labour was ultimately discounted because the rushing waters had done the work of cleaning the stables and because Hercules was paid. well it wasnt that he got paid. It was he asked to be paid but king Augeas refused to pay him.Later on in heracles adventures he go on to kill Augeas because he didnt pay him

Tony (talk) 02:33, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

minor cleanup[edit]

I did some minor cleanup for readability, mostly. All references are now to Heracles (with a side reference to Hercules) on the grounds that Augeas is Greek and the apparently random name-switching was confusing. I chose to link to Heracles on the second mention rather than the first, on the grounds that it's a more substantive reference. —JLundell talk 20:27, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

aegean and augean[edit]

Of course "aegean stables" is an eggcorn. And "augean airlines" is an insult...Myles325a (talk) 07:08, 12 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]