Delphic Hymns
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The Delphic Hymns are two musical compositions from Ancient Greece, which survive in substantial fragments. They were long regarded as being dated c. 138 BC and 128 BC, respectively, but recent schola
Fragments of both hymns in the Delphi Archaeological Museum
First Delphic Hymn, 1st and 2nd verse
Photograph of the original stone at Delphi containing the first of the two hymns to Apollo. The music notation is the line of occasional symbols above the main, uninterrupted line of Greek lettering.
First Delphic Hymn, 3rd verse
Python (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Python 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 go
Relief of Leto and her children running away from Python, 4th-3rd century BC, Michael C. Carlos Museum.
Sculpture by Pietro Francavilla of Apollo's first triumph, when he slew with his bow and arrows the serpent Python, which lies dead at his feet. The Walters Art Museum
Apollo killing Python, 1581 engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I.
The Dragon (symbolizes Python, guardian of subterranean waters) in the Parc Güell, Barcelona, Spain