Laocoön

See also: Laocoon

English
The celebrated Laocoön (1) group, discovered in 1506, is considered a masterpiece of Antiquity sculpture.

Etymology

From Latin Lāocoōn, from Ancient Greek Λᾱοκόων (Lāokóōn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leɪˈɒkɵ.ɒn/
  • IPA(key): /leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn/, /leɪˈɒkəˌwɒn/

Proper noun

Laocoön

  1. (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).
  2. (Greek mythology) An Argonaut, son of Porthaon.

Translations

Dutch

Proper noun

Laocoön m

  1. (mythology) Laocoön, the Trojan priest.
  2. (mythology) Laocoön, the Argonaut.
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