person
Ascalaphus
also: Ascalaphus
Son of the nymph Orphne and Acheron; he alone saw Proserpina eat the pomegranate seeds, and his telling barred her return — for which he was made a screech-owl.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §5.118 Ascalaphus
Son of the nymph Orphne and the river Acheron; he alone saw Proserpina eat the pomegranate seeds, and his telling barred her return.