Facts:   - type: greek      - name: ascalaphus    - abode: hades    - parents: acheron orphne   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ascalaphus .
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the name ascalaphus -lrb- , `` askalaphos '' -rrb- is shared by two people in greek mythology .son of acheron and orphne .askalaphos was the custodian of the orchard of hades .he told the other gods that persephone had eaten a pomegranate in the underworld .he was punished by being changed into an owl .after being transformed into a screech owl , he became the familiar bird of hades , god of the underworld .son of ares and astyoche , daughter of actor , son of azeus , son of erginus .he was king of orchomenus , and twin brother of ialmenus .the brothers were counted among the argonauts and the suitors of helen , and led the orchomenian contingent in the trojan war .ascalaphus died in the trojan war as a result of a spear thrown by deiphobus .