Laocoon Small 291×320 Medium 581×640 Large 930×1024 Download Tiff Original 2179×2400 | (693.5 KB) Description The son of Acoetes and allegedly a priest of Poseidon at Troy. He is famous for warning the Trojans in vain against accepting the Trojan Horse from the Greeks, and for his subsequent divine execution. Keywords Acoetes, Greek sculpture, Laocoon, Sculpture, Trojan Galleries Greek Mythology: J-O Source: L. Brent Vaughan, Hill's Practical Reference Library of General Knowledge (New York: Dixon, Hanson & Company, 1906)
