Laocoon

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

Sculpture, Greek sculpture, Trojan, Laocoon, Acoetes

Galleries

Greek Mythology: J-O

Source

The Student's Cyclopedia Volume I C.B. Beach, M.A. (C.B. Beach & Co, New York and Chicago, 1899)I:639

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