Pity poor demon-boy Ascalaphus! He told Jupiter that Proserpine had cheated death -- whereupon Proserpine is condemned to remain with Pluto forever. Thus Ascalaphus is actually the hero of the story -- and simultaneously also the villain of... the story. Proserpine/Persephone curses Ascalaphus by hurling a few drops of pomegranate juice at him which results in red speckles on his skin -- which turn him into a speckled owl ("Bubos askalaphos") .
Thus, throughout the ages, Ascalaphus has become a synonym for someone who is punished cruelly for telling the pure and simple truth. As Oscar Wilde (a Saint of Antinous) said: "The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
La semana pasada, una pareja homosexual fueron juntos al baile formal de la academia militar que queda en New York, Estados Unidos. Estas imágenes recorrieron el mundo! Otro gran progreso por visibilizar a la diversidad del amor.