Proserpina turns Ascalaphus into an owl, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print Ascalaphus discovers Proserpina that secretly picks pomegranates. For punishment, Proserpina turns him into an owl. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching owls. 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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