- Laocoon as a noun:
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Laocoon
noun
1 Laocoon
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.
Roget 557: sculpture, insculpture†; carving etc. v.; statuary. high relief, low relief, bas relief [Fr.]; relief; relieve; bassorilievo†, altorilievo†, mezzorilievo†; ... show more
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