It was believed to be home to the goddess Gaia, or Earth, and later to Apollo after slaying Gaia’s son, the snake Python. The Pythian games—similar to the Olympic Games—were held here every four years ...

Myths may seem unlikely sources of scientific revelation, ... Apollo drew his bow and fired arrow after arrow into the deadly python-dragon guarding the sacred ground of Ge, ...

Python, a monster of Greek myth, preyed on the people of Delphi until Apollo slew it. They erected Apollo's shrine there, where Pythia, the priestess, delivered the god's oracles.

The Apollo Belvedere, ... who according to myth Apollo defeated with help from Artemis, or Python, the serpent guarding the Oracle of Delphi. ...

Apollo sits on a mound (the omphalos?), holding his bow in his right hand and sunflowers (?) in his left, and resting his right foot on the Python which lies on the ground before him. Show more.