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Spent Python: The Serpent Python And The Serpent Python
Something else he achieved was slaying the serpent Python which guarded the oracular shrine of Delphoi (Delphi). Python was a monstrous dragon snake set by Gaia to guard the godly oracle.When Apollon laid claim to the shrine, he slayed Python with a burst of a hundred arrows. Apollo slew the monster to avenge his mother. Who had been many times pursued by the dragon during her long pregnancy.

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