Gorgyra

Family: underworld · Role: mother of Ascalaphus · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.5

Life events

• Demeter buried Ascalaphus beneath a heavy rock for witnessing against Persephone.(Apollodorus, Library 1.5 · 📍 Hades)
  • With: Demeter Ascalaphus Acheron
  • “and because Ascalaphus, son of Acheron and Gorgyra, bore witness against her, Demeter laid a heavy rock on him in Hades.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.5

• child: Ascalaphus “because Ascalaphus, son of Acheron and Gorgyra, bore witness against her”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.