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(Πύθων/
Pýthōn). [German version] [1] Dragon killed by Apollo near Delphi An enormous dragon killed by Apollo near Delphi with his arrows. The oldest version of the story is offered by H. Hom. 3,300-374: Apollo overcomes a female dragon who perpetrates her mischief in the vicinity of Delphi and into whose care Hera had given her son Typhon (Typhoeus, Typhon). The town and the god receive the nickname
Pythṓ (cf. also the name of the female seer at Delphi,
Pythía [1]) from its decaying (πύθεσθαι/
pýthesthai) corpse. According to Eur. IT 1245-1252, the dragon is male and guards the…
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly