The Dragon
animal · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
that very dragon · the dragon · the dragon Delphyne · the fiery and cruel dragon
spoken of as
1 expressionDelphyne“the dragon”1 mention
De Corona (Latin)
you have Pindar and Callimachus, who records too that Apollo, after the dragon Delphyne was slain, put on the laurel, in which he was a suppliant—for among the ancients suppliants were crowned.
in the texts
Barlaam and Josaphat
The fire-breathing dragon at the bottom of the pit, interpreted as Hades.
Besides this, that fiery and cruel dragon represents the fearful belly of Hades, raging to receive those who prefer the present delights to the good things to come.
And gazing at the bottom of the pit, he saw a dragon fearful to behold, breathing fire and glaring most fiercely, with its mouth gaping terribly and straining to swallow him.
Ad Uxorem
A sacred serpent tended alongside the Roman fire cult.
At Rome, indeed, those who handle the image of that inextinguishable fire, tending the auspices of their own punishment along with that very dragon, are appraised for their virginity.
De Corona
Mythological dragon slain by Apollo, after which Apollo wore the laurel as suppliant.
you have Pindar and Callimachus, who records too that Apollo, after the dragon Delphyne was slain, put on the laurel, in which he was a suppliant—for among the ancients suppliants were crowned.