Char-Opis signifies the temple of the python, or serpent: and we find that it was situated near a poisonous pool.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
The same is true of the python snake, which hangs from a tree so immovable that he appears like a vine or a branch of the tree.
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon
The speaker's intent gaze had never left Henry Nelson's face; it was fixed there now, as cold, as relentless as the stare of a python.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach