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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Scripts Πύθων(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsPuthon (variant transcription)
Meaning & History
In Greek mythology, Python was an enormous earth-dragon (usually depicted as a serpent in ancient Greek art) who lived near the city of Πυθώ (Pytho), which is nowadays known as Delphi. The creature was named after the city, whose name was ultimately derived from the Greek verb πύθω (pytho) meaning "to rot, to decay". Python was eventually slain by the god Apollo.In real life, this name was borne by the Greek philosopher Python of Aenus (4th century BC), the Greek statesman Python of Byzantium (4th century BC) and the Greek poet Python of Catana (4th century BC).