place
Pytho
also: Πυθώ, Delphi, Δελφοί
Apollo's oracle sanctuary beneath Parnassus, later called Delphi; the hymn derives the name Pytho from the verb 'to rot' (pythein), since the sun rotted away the corpse of the she-dragon Apollo killed there.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §3.134 Pythian
Apollo's oracle sanctuary beneath Parnassus, later called Delphi; the hymn derives the name Pytho from the verb 'to rot' (pythein), since the sun rotted away the corpse of the she-dragon Apollo killed there.
- The Odyssey §8.46 Pytho
Apollo's oracle, which foretold the quarrel of the best Achaeans as the sign of Troy's coming fall.