🪷 14 Aug 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: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/antinous-meets-reptile-from-hades-but.html #lizardday 🦎 🪷
#worldlizardday #antinous #ascalaphus #antinoos #sauroktonos #apollo #lizardday
🪷 14 Aug 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: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/antinous-meets-reptile-from-hades-but.html #lizardday 🦎 🪷
#worldlizardday #antinous #ascalaphus #antinoos #sauroktonos #apollo #lizardday
🪷 4 Aug #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: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/08/antinous-meets-reptile-from-hades-but.html 🪷
#owlawarenessday #ascalaphus #persephone #demeter