Ascalaphus

Ascălăphus, i, m., = Ἀσκάλαφος,

• a son of Acheron and Orphne, who made known to Pluto that Proserpine had eaten seven kernels of a pomegranate, on account of which he was changed by her into an illboding owl (bubo), Ov. M. 5, 539 sq.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 462.

Ascălăphus, ī, m. , ¶ 1 fils de lʼAchéron : Ov. M. 5, 539 ¶ 2 fils de Mars : Hyg. Fab. 159.

ascalaphus, i. m.
人名。鴟鴞鳥。

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Ascalăphus

(Ἀσκάλαφος). (1) The son of Ares and Astyoché, who led, with his brother Ialmenus, the Minyans of Orchomenus against Troy, and was slain by Deïphobus (Il. ii. 512).

(2) The son of Acheron and Gorgyra or Orphné. When Pluto gave Persephoné (Proserpina) permission to return to the upper world, provided she had eaten nothing, Ascalaphus declared that she had eaten part of a pomegranate. Persephoné, in revenge, changed him into an owl by sprinkling him with water from the river Phlegethon (Ovid, Met. v. 540).

Ascalaphus Ascalaphus, son of Acheron

• bears witness against Demeter, punished in Hades: Apollod. 1.5.3
• relieved by Herakles: Apollod. 2.5.12
• turned into an owl: Apollod. 2.5.12

Ascalaphus(2), son of Ares and Astyoche

• king of Orchomenus: Paus. 9.37.7
• in the Argo: Apollod. 1.9.17
• suitor of Helen: Apollod. 3.10.7