Dion (mythology) Apollo), Dionysus changed them into rocks and Carya into a walnut tree. The Lacedaemonians, on being informed of it by Artemis, dedicated a temple to Artemis Caryatis. Dion (mythology) In Greek mythology, Dion (; ) was a King in Laconia and husband of Amphithea, the daughter of Pronax. God Apollo, who had been kindly received by Dion and Amphithea, rewarded them by conferring upon their three daughters, Orphe, Lyco, and Carya, the gift of prophecy, on condition, however, that they should not betray the gods nor search after forbidden things. Dion erected a temple to Dionysus, who also visited his
Python (mythology) Python (mythology) In Greek mythology, Python (; "gen". Πύθωνος) was the serpent, sometimes represented as a medieval-style dragon, living at the center of the earth, believed by the ancient Greeks to be at Delphi. Python, sometimes written Phython, presided at the Delphic oracle, which existed in the cult center for its mother, Gaia, "Earth," Pytho being the place name that was substituted for the earlier "Krisa". Greeks considered the site to be the center of the earth, represented by a stone, the "omphalos" or navel, which Python guarded. Python became the chthonic enemy of the later Olympian deity Apollo, who