🪷 August 14th is #WorldLizardDay 🦎 #Antinous encounters #Ascalaphus the reptile from Hades. This is #Antinoos #Sauroktonos. This statue was lost in the Dresden fire storm in World War II. Compare it to #Apollo the Lizard-Slayer. Full details: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/08/anti... #lizardday 🦎 🪷
🪷 August 4 #OwlAwarenessDay We remember #Ascalaphus the demon boy who informed Hades #Persephone had eaten a pomegranate. #Demeter turned Ascalaphus into an owl. Ovid writes: "Poor Ascalaphus was punished for telling the truth when asked to do so." More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/anti... 🪷
