GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex
PYTHON (the serpent of Delphi)
Monster · dragon of Delphi killed by the god Apollo
- Parents
- Gaia
- Children
- Aex
- Haunts and cult places
- Delphi
- In the sources
- 5 ancient passages
Python was a desperate man who was surnamed the Dragon. Strabo 9.3.12 The creature is described as an enormous serpent and a new monster. Ovid Met. 1.416-451 (2)
In the myths
Apollo killed the serpent Python with his arrows. Ovid Met. 1.452-567 (2) +2 The Delphians burned Python's tent after his death and continue to burn a tent in memory of it. Strabo 9.3.12 The Earth produced the creature from mud heated by the sun after a deluge. Ovid Met. 1.416-451 (2) The serpent served as a source of terror to the new race of men. Ovid Met. 1.416-451 (2) It attempted to stop Apollo from approaching the sacred chasm. Apollodorus 1.4.1
Fate
Apollo killed the serpent Python during their contest. Apollodorus 1.4.1 +1
