Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology Asbolus (English translation: sooty or according to Dieter Koch carbon dust) was a centaur. He was a Seeror an auger. He was a diviner who read omens in the flight of birds. When Heracles came to visit the centaur Pholus Pholus opened a jug of wine for him which belonged to all the Centaurs; Asbolus saw Pholus do this and brought the other Centaurs running.