Πύθων
From LSJ
Καλῶς ἀκούειν μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτεῖν θέλε → Opulentiae antepone rumorem bonum → Erstrebe anstatt Reichtum lieber guten Ruf
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], ωνος, ὁ, (cf. Πυθώ) the serpent Python, slain by Apollo, Ephor.31(b)J., Apollod.1.4.1, Plu.2.293c. II παιδίσκη ἔχουσα πνεῦμα Πύθωνα a spirit of divination, Act.Ap.16.16. 2 pl. Πύθωνες, ventriloquists, Plu.2.414e, cf. Hsch.