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Laocoon
La-oc′o-ön
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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] ]
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 Laocoön, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.
Definition 2024
Laocoön
Laocoön
English
Proper noun
Laocoön
The celebrated Laocoön (1) group, discovered in 1506, is considered a masterpiece of Antiquity sculpture.
- (Greek mythology) 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).
- (Greek mythology) An Argonaut, son of Porthaon.
Translations
The Trojan and the Argonaut
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Dutch
Proper noun
Laocoön ?
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laːˈo.ko.oːn/, [ɫaːˈɔ.kɔ.oːn]
Proper noun
Lāocoōn m (genitive Lāocoöntis); third declension
- Name of the mythical character.