In Greek mythology, two people share the name Ascalaphus (Ασκάλαφος / Ἀσκάλαφος).
- (Ασκάλαφος ο δαίμων) Son of Acheron and Gorgyra or Orphne. He told the other gods that Persephone had eaten a pomegranate in Hades. He was punished by being changed into an owl by sprinkling him with water from the river Phlegethon. (Ovid V, 534)
- (Ασκάλαφος ο Ορχομένιος) Son of Astyoche and Ares, King of Orchomenus. He was one of the Argonauts He led, with his brother Ialmenus, the Minyans of Orchomenus against Troy, and was slain by Deiphobus ( Il.ii. 512).
Ascalaphus Macaronius
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