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[[File:Apollo with Python.jpg|400px|thumb|Apollo killing Python. Engraving from ''Ovid's Metamorphoses Book I'']] | [[File:Apollo with Python.jpg|400px|thumb|Apollo killing Python. Engraving from ''Ovid's Metamorphoses Book I'']] | ||
In Greek mythology, '''Python''' (also called '''Pytho''') 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. | In Greek mythology, '''Python''' (also called '''Pytho''') 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. Later traditions viewed Python as a [[demon]]. | ||
==Mythology== | ==Mythology== | ||