The word 'Python' is derived fromvia the [[Latin language|Latin]] word '{{lang|la|pȳthon'}} andfrom the [[GreekAncient language|Greek]] word{{lang|grc|πύθων}} ('πύθων'Python''), boththe referringname toof a serpent or dragon found in [[Greek mythology]]. ''[[Python (mythology)|Python]]'', was "the serpent slain, according to the myth, near [[Delphi]] by [[Apollo]], who was fabled to have been called ''Pythius'' in commemoration of this victory".<ref name="greekMyth">{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=C. T. |last2=Short |first2=C. |year=1879 |title=A Latin Dictionary |___location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |chapter=Pȳthon |chapter-url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3DPython}}</ref>
