Pythoness

-- The Pythoness was the priestess who gave out the oracles at Delphi.

Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Jean de La Fontaine 1658

Pythoness or not, Mary Lease could probably not approve of today's play-acting "barn raisings."

Ken Blackwell: Piddler on the Roof Ken Blackwell 2011

Pythoness or not, Mary Lease could probably not approve of today's play-acting "barn raisings."

Ken Blackwell: Piddler on the Roof Ken Blackwell 2011

Deep within the grotto, the Pythoness sways on her throne, in the ebb and flow of her oracular dream.

The Clique 2010

Sacred kings of Delphi always killed their predecessors, who were laid to rest in the stone omphalos where the Pythoness sat to commune with the oracular spirit.

Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008

Python personified the prophetic spirit of the Delphic oracle, whose prietstess was always the Pythoness even when the shrine was taken over by Apollo.

Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008

Mary herself caught the infection as if by a sort of magnetic influence, and raising herself from her bed, without being able to withdraw her eyes from those of Magdalen, waited as if for the oracle of a Pythoness.

The Abbot 2008

I always thought there was something just a little screwy about the pageantry of the Pythoness or whoever that priestess is who invokes the light of Apollo upon the cauldron, etc. etc., when applied to a secular transnational “athletics movement”.

The Beleaguered Torch, Now With Nazi Origins - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

I always thought there was something just a little screwy about the pageantry of the Pythoness or whoever that priestess is who invokes the light of Apollo upon the cauldron, etc. etc., when applied to a secular transnational “athletics movement”.

The Beleaguered Torch, Now With Nazi Origins - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

"That is the Ancient Pythoness," he said absently.

All Together Dead Harris, Charlaine 2007