Augeias of Elis
Mortal man
In Greek mythology, Augeas (, Ancient Greek: Αὐγείας, romanized: Augeías, lit. 'bright'), also called Aegeus, was king of Elis and father of Epicaste. Some ancient authors say that Augeas was one of the Argonauts.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“Of these some were led by Amphimachus and Thalpius, of the blood of Actor, sons, the one of Cteatus and the other of Eurytus; and of some was the son of Amarynceus captain, even mighty Diores; and of the fourth company godlike Polyxeinus was captain, son of king Agasthenes, Augeias' son.”
“that had gone to the games, for they were to race for a tripod; but Augeias, king of men, kept them there, and sent back their driver, sorrowing for his horses. By reason of these things, both deeds and words, was the old man wroth and chose him recompense past telling; and the rest he gave to the people”
“for when the bright sun stood above the earth we made prayer to Zeus and Athene, and joined battle. But when the strife of the Pylians and Epeians began, I was first to slay my man, and to get me his single-hooved horses—even the spearman Mulius; son by marriage was he of Augeias,”
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Son · Sources
And those from Dulichiuni and the Echinae, the holy isles, that lie across the sea, over against Elis, these again had as leader Meges, the peer of Ares, even the son of Phyleus, whom the horseman Phyleus, dear to Zeus, begat—he that of old had gone to dwell in Dulichium in wrath against his father.
Il. 2.629
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and had to wife his eldest daughter, fair-haired Agamede, who knew all simples that the wide earth nourisheth. Him as he came against me I smote with may bronze-tipped spear, and he fell in the dust; but I leapt upon his chariot and took my stand amid the foremost fighters. But the great-souled Epeians
Il. 11.740
Son · Sources
Of these some were led by Amphimachus and Thalpius, of the blood of Actor, sons, the one of Cteatus and the other of Eurytus; and of some was the son of Amarynceus captain, even mighty Diores; and of the fourth company godlike Polyxeinus was captain, son of king Agasthenes, Augeias' son.
Il. 2.624
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In art
Hercules and the Augean stables Ra 28 j. Musée Saint-Raymond. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24662037
Hercules and the Augean stables Ra 28 j. Musée Saint-Raymond. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24662037
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Sources and verification
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- Wikipedia · Augeas · CC BY-SA 4.0
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