STC415812 Serpent defeated by Phoebus or Appollo Uccide il Serpente Pitone, illustration from Ovid\'s Metamorphoses, Florence, 1832 (hand-coloured engraving) by Ademollo, Luigi (1764-1849); Private Collection; (add.info.: P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV cum Appositis Italico Carmine* Interpretationibus ac Notis, 5 VoLs (Florence, 1824, repr. 1832). Book I;Apollo Phoebus Apollo, often referred to as Phoebus; The son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo is the God of Music, Medicine, Prophecy and the arts. In the Metamorphoses, Apollo is also portrayed as the sun god, but this characterization contradicts most mythology which names a distinct sun-god named Helios. Pitone - A gigantic snake killed by Apollo, inspiring the Pythian games. ); The Stapleton Collection; Italian, out of copyright.