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earth-dragon of Delphi

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Python” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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