Editing Delphi (section)

==Names==
'''Delphi''' shares the same root with the Greek word for womb, δελφύς ''delphys''.

'''Pytho''' (Πυθώ) is related to Pythia, the priestess serving as the oracle, and to [[Python (mythology)|Python]], a serpent or dragon who lived at the site.<ref name=IK>Konstaninou, Ioanna "Delphi: the Oracle and its Role in the Political and Social Life of the Ancient Greeks" (Hannibal Publishing House, Athens)</ref> "Python" is derived from the verb πύθω (''pythō''),<ref name=rot>[[LSJ]] s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpu%2Fqw πύθω].</ref> "to [[Decomposition|rot]]".{{sfn|Miller|2004|p=95}}