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Laocoön: Meaning and Definition of
La•oc•o•ön
Pronunciation: (lā-ok'ō-on"), [key]
— n.
- a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- (italics) a late 2nd-century b.c. representation in marble of Laocoön and his sons struggling with the serpents: attributed to Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes.
See also:
- laocoon (Thesaurus)
