No colony could settle any where, and build an Ophite temple, but there was supposed to have been a contention between a hero and a dragon.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
As these were Ophite temples, a story has been added about this person having been stung by a serpent.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
It was the name of the pyramid, which was erected to the Sun, the Ophite Deity of Egypt, worshipped under the symbol of a serpent.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I."
Jacob Bryant