He soon recognized that the task of Hercules when he was set to cleanse the stables of King Augeas was light in comparison with the task he had undertaken.
"Rulers of India: Lord Clive"
George Bruce Malleson
Likewise Augeas last of all in his perplexity fell into captivity and escaped not precipitate death.
"The Extant Odes of Pindar"
Pindar
But the old man chose for himself a herd of cattle and a large flock of sheep, selecting three hundred and their shepherds; for even to him a great debt was due in rich Elis: four horses, victorious in the race, with their chariots, which had gone for the prizes; for they were about to run for a tripod; but Augeas, king of men, detained them there, and dismissed the charioteer, grieved on account of his steeds.
"The Iliad of Homer (1873)"
Homer