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See also:AUGEAS, or AUGEIAS , in See also:Greek See also:legend, a son of Helios, the See also:sun-See also:god, and See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the Epeians in See also:Elis. He possessed an immense See also:wealth of herds, including twelve bulls sacred to Helios, and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white as swans. Eurystheus imposed upon Heracles the task of clearing out all his stalls unaided in one See also:day. This he did by turning the See also:rivers See also:Alpheus and Peneus through them. Augeas had promised him a tenth of the See also:herd, but refused this, alleging that Heracles had acted only in the service of Eurystheus. Heracles thereupon sent an See also:army against him, and, though at first defeated, finally slew Augeas and his sons.
See also:Apollodorus ii. 5, 7; See also:Pindar, See also:Olympia, xi, 24; Diodorus iv. 13; See also:Theocritus, Idyll 25.
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