Some stories say it only took a single arrow each time to bring the two monsters down. Impressively, Apollo defeated the mighty Python at just four days old.

When did Apollo kill Python?

PYTHON was a monstrous dragon-serpent set by Gaia (the Earth) to guard the sacred oracle of Delphoi (Delphi). According to some the creature was born from the rotting slime left behind by the Great Deluge. When the god Apollon laid claim to the shrine, he slew Python with a volley of a hundred arrows.

Why did Apollo get in trouble for killing Python?

Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo’s mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.