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Ascalaphus
In
Greek mythology
, two people share the name
Ascalaphus
.
Son of
Acheron
and
Orphne
. He told the other gods that
Persephone
had eaten a pomegranate in
Hades
. He was punished by being changed into an
owl
. (
Ovid
V, 534)
Son of
Astyoche
and
Ares
, King of
Orchomenus
. He was one of the
Argonauts
and died in the
Trojan War
. (
Iliad
XIII, 518)
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