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Laocoon

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La·oc·o·on  (l-k-n)
n. Greek Mythology
A Trojan priest of Apollo who was killed along with his two sons by two sea serpents for having warned his people of the Trojan horse.
Laocoon [leɪˈɒkəʊˌɒn]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans against the wooden horse left by the Greeks; killed with his twin sons by two sea serpents
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Noun1.LaocoonLaocoon - (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
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Translations
Laocoon [leɪˈɒkəʊˌɒn] n → Laocoonte
Laocoon [leɪˈɒkəʊˌɒn] n → Laocoonte


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(13) as analysed by Proclus was very similar to Vergil's version in "Aeneid" ii, comprising the episodes of the wooden horse, of Laocoon, of Sinon, the return of the Achaeans from Tenedos, the actual Sack of Troy, the division of spoils and the burning of the city.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoon of himself with his stockings.
A Christmas Carol by Dickens, Charles View in context
We saw the Dying Gladiator at the Capitol, and I think that even we appreciated that wonder of art; as much, perhaps, as we did that fearful story wrought in marble, in the Vatican--the Laocoon.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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