Πύθων [ῡ], ωνος, ὁ,
(compare Πυθώ) the serpent “Python”, slain by Apollo, [[ 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 31 (b) 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 1.4.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.293c.] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II παιδίσκη ἔχουσα πνεῦμα Πύθωνα a spirit of divination, [[ NT.Acts.16.16. ] NT]
__II.2 plural Πύθωνες, ventriloquists, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.414e, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 1st c.AD+]