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In Greek mythology, a drakaina is a female dragon, sometimes with human-like features.

Python, slain by Apollo, and the earliest representations of Delphyne are shown as simply gigantic serpents, similar to other Greek dragons. However, although the word "drakaina" is literally the feminine form of drakon (Ancient Greek for dragon or serpent), most drakainas had some features of a human woman. Lamia, Campe, Echidna, and most representations of Ceto and Delphyne had the head and torso of a woman.

The drakaina was a monster fit to match the gods. Zeus slew Delphyne and Campe, Apollo slew Python, and Heracles slew Echidna.

Ceto and Echidna were both the mothers of a huge brood of monsters, including other dragon-like creatures. Ceto, according to Hesiod, gave birth to Echidna, as well as Scylla and the dragon of the Hesperides. Also according to Hesiod, Echidna gave birth to the Chimera, Cerberus, Orthrus, and the Hydra. (Other ancient authors, such as Hyginus, attribute even more monsters as children of Echidna.)