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Laocoon

Laocoon Meaning & Definition
Laocoon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Laocoon?

[n] (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them

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See Also | mythical being

Laocoon In Webster's Dictionary

\La*oc"o*["o]n\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.) 2. (Sculp.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laoco["o]n, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.

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