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Laocoon n. : A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)

Laocoon n. : A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.

Example:
What works of art (sculptures) appropriated the sculpture of "Laocoon and His sons"?

Taxonomy
Laocoön and His Sons, death, the Aeneid, city, the Trojans, free encyclopedia, Horse, Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, two sons, Servius, Hyginus, 3240 Laocoon, bull, simul, knots, hands, fillets, venom.

Defination from the web:
Laocoon. Laocoön and His Sons in the Vatican ... S.V. Tracy, "Laocoon's Guilt" The American Journal of Philology 108.3 (Autumn 1987), pp. 451-454) p. 453. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) Laocoon
  (noun) mythical being


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