Ascalaphus (son of Ares)

In Greek mythology, Ascalaphus or Askalaphus (/əˈskæləfəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκάλαφος Askalaphos), was son of Ares^[1] and the Minyan princess Astyoche,^[2] daughter of King Actor of Orchomenus. Ascalaphus (sometimes Askalaphus) was also a king of the Minyans, and twin brother of Ialmenos. These brothers were counted among the Argonauts^[3] and the suitors of Helen,^[4] and led the Orchomenian contingent in the Trojan War,^[5] where Deiphobos threw a spear and killed him.^[6]

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• ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website
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• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4

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