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Meaning of "laocoön"
Laocoön (noun) - a figure in Greek mythology who warned the Trojans about the Trojan Horse
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- A Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Apollo, depending on the author), whose rules he had defied (or whom he had otherwise offended), who tried to warn his fellow citizens against the Trojan horse. He was killed for this, along with his two sons, by giant snakes sent by Minerva (or Poseidon, or Apollo).
- An Argonaut, son of Porthaon.
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But it was my serpent who silenced Laocoön or your horse was doomed.
The enraged Laocoön threw his spear at the Horse in response.
The age of the altar used as a seat by Laocoön remains uncertain.
Laocoön was the Trojan priest who predicted the fall of Troy.
Myth also offers us the serpents that killed Laocoön and his sons.
Both Cassandra and Laocoön warned against keeping the horse.
His posture is loosely based on the central figure of the ancient Laocoön sculpture group.
Laocoön and his Sons.
Giant sea serpents slithered up from the sea and strangled Laocoön and his two sons.
The original sculpture of Laocoön and His Sons located in the Vatican.
Compare the expressive violence and agony of Laocoön and His Sons.
This included the Laocoön and his Sons group and the Belvedere Apollo.
Son of the Laocoön.
When Laocoön tries to help them, he too is viciously slain.
Only the Trojan priest Laocoön refused to believe it.
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What Pliny wrote about the famous Greek statue of the Laocoön.
Laocoön and his sons, also known as the Laocoön.
The house included other frescoes, including one depicting the death of Laocoön.
I lighted up the Laocoön group, and the stone seemed to sigh.
The serpents killed only the two sons, leaving Laocoön himself alive to suffer.
Laocoön and his sons, ancient group preserved in the Vatican Museums.
You will take in the sculpture galleries and the world-famous Laocoön Group as well.
According to Virgil, Laocoön advised the Trojans to not receive the horse from the Greeks.
It is a reduced-scale copy of the ancient Laocoön and His Sons.
In 1506, the Laocoön Group was rediscovered in a fragmentary state not far from the Coliseum.
Highlights include the ancient statue of Laocoön and His Sons, and the Transfiguration.
The episode furnished the subject of Sophocles ' lost tragedy, Laocoön.
January 14 - The classical statue of Laocoön and His Sons is unearthed in Rome.
Along the way, we will explore the Raphael Rooms, sculpture galleries, and the world-famous Laocoön Group.
One print shows the famous Roman sculpture the Laocoön Group, which was excavated in 1506.
The Laocoön is a sculpture group, found in 1506 on the Esquiline Hill in Rome.
Visit the Belvedere Courtyard, and see the ancient statue of Laocoön in the Octagonal.
From the 1530s, he switched to Classical themes such as the Judgement of Paris and Laocoön.
Consider, for example, the statue Laocoön and His Sons.
Featured exhibition, Son of Laocoön.
Antiope, wife of Laocoön.
