AUGEAS, AUGEIAS or AUGIAS, in Greek legend, a son of Helios the sun-god, and king of the Epeians in Elis. He possessed an immense wealth of herds, including 12 white bulls, sacred to Helios. Eurystheus imposed upon Heracles the task of clearing out all his stalls unaided in one day. This Heracles did by turning the rivers Alpheus and Peneus through them. Augeas had promised him a tenth of the herd but refused this, alleging that Heracles had acted only in the service of Eurystheus. Heracles thereupon sent an army against him, and finally slew Augeas and his sons. (Pindar, 0lymp., xi. 24; Diodorus, iv. 13 ; Theocritus, Idyll, 25.)