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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Au·ge·an a.
 1. Class. Myth. 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.
 2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
 Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.