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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of male persons into birds > metamorphoses of male persons into birds (first series) > Ascalaphus changed into a screech-owl: as punishment for discovering she had eaten some pomegranates, Proserpina sprinkles water from the Phlegethon on Ascalaphus' head, thus changing him into a screech-owl (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 543)

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97D13Ascalaphus changed into a screech-owl: as punishment for discovering she had eaten some pomegranates, Proserpina sprinkles water from the Phlegethon on Ascalaphus' head, thus changing him into a screech-owl (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 543)  

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  • ancient history
  • animal
  • Ascalaphus
  • bird
  • classical antiquity
  • history
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mythology
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 05
  • owl
  • Phlegethon (river)
  • Proserpina
  • river
  • screech-owl
  • sprinkling
  • transformation
  • water

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