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And now for something completely putrid

by Pavlos the Greek Freak (guest)

4/18/2006, 6:33 AM

Python may be related to the ancient Greek "pytho" meaning "to rot".

According to a Homeric Hymn, Apollo was also mnown as "Pythian" because he killed a nasty dragoness who then rotted away.
(http://www.perseus.org/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0138:hymn=3:line=349)

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