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Relief of Leto and her children running away from Python, 4th-3rd century BC, Michael C. Carlos Museum.
In Greek mythology, Python (Ancient Greek: Πύθων; gen. Πύθωνος) was the serpent, sometimes represented as a medieval-style dragon, living at the center of the Earth, believed by the ancient Greeks to be at Delphi. He was killed by the god Apollo.