It is from his encounter with this serpent, that in the statues which remain of him, our eyes are familiar with the bow placed in his grasp. […] Pæans were the hymns chanted in his honour, and this was the war cry he shouted in his onset against the serpent Python. […] This was a female, named also a Pythoness, on account of her seat being formed of massive gold resembling the skin of the serpent Python. […] Sometimes the Gorgon’s head was on her breast-plate, with living serpents writhing round it, as well as on her shield and helmet. […] This celebrated instrument was a rod entwined at one end by two serpents.