Clues for the word "AUGEAN"
We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 12 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Universal crossword on February 02, 2018.
Definition of augean
- a. - Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.
- a. - Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
Referring Clues
- Like some stables of myth
- Difficult and unpleasant
- ___ stables
- Mythically filthy
- Like the stables cleaned by Hercules in a single day
- Filthy
- Like the stables cleaned by Hercules
- Stables (venue for Hercules)
- Unpleasant, as a task
- Very dirty stables cleaned for what sounds like an orgy on reflection
- Like some mythical stables
- Stables needing a day to clean and a month to labour
Last Seen In
- Universal - February 02, 2018
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 11, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 15, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 31, 2014
- LA Times - April 30, 2011
- Chronicle of Higher Education - March 11, 2011
- Universal - January 10, 2008
- Washington Post - July 18, 2005
- Guardian Quiptic - January 13, 2003
- Guardian Prize - July 07, 2001
- Washington Post - November 12, 2000
- New York Times - July 16, 2000