Motif
cleansing pollution by diverted rivers
cleansing_pollution_by_diverted_rivers
A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 7785-7884 confidence: high
Eurystheus commands Heracles to cleanse Augeas’s stables in one day; Augeas, rich in cattle, agrees before Phyleus to give Heracles a tenth of the herds if he succeeds.
Heracles cleanses the accumulated filth of Augeas’s stables by channeling the Peneus and Alpheus through them.
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