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# Ascalaphus, Hades’ gardener, is turned into an owl for betraying Persephone’s secret
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- Published: 2022-10-19T07:11:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:05:24.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, Books

Ascalaphus, Hades' gardener, is turned into an owl as punishment for revealing that Persephone had tasted the food of the dead, pomegranate seeds, and so cannot return to the world of the living. Ovid's Metamorphoses

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