Laocoön

Laocoon English thumb|The celebrated Laocoön (1) group, discovered in 1506, is considered a masterpiece of Antiquity sculpture. Alternative forms en Laocoon Laokoon Etymology From en la Lāocoōn, from en grc Λᾱοκόων. Pronunciation en /leɪˈɒkɵ.ɒn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Laocoön.wav Southern England en /leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn/ /leɪˈɒkəˌwɒn/ Proper noun en 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). en Greek mythology An Argonaut, son of Porthaon. Translations Trojan or Argonaut Armenian: hy Լաոկոոն Belarusian: be Лаако́ан Bulgarian: bg Лаоко́он Catalan: ca Laocoont Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 拉奥孔 Lā'àokǒng Czech: cs Láokoón Danish: da Laokoon Dutch: nl Laocoön m Esperanto: eo Laokoonto Finnish: fi Laokoon French: fr Laocoon m Galician: gl Laocoonte m Georgian: ka ლაოკოონი German: de Laokoon m Greek: el Λαοκόων m Ancient Greek: grc Λαοκόων m Hebrew: he לאוקואון Hungarian: hu Laokoón Indonesian: id Laokoon Italian: it Laocoonte m Japanese: ja ラーオコオーン Rāokoōn Korean: ko ^라오콘 Latin: la Lāocoōn m Lithuanian: lt Laokoontas Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Laokoon Nynorsk: nn Laokoon Persian: fa لائوکوئون Polish: pl Laokoon m Portuguese: pt Laocoonte m Romanian: ro Laocoon m Russian: ru Лаоко́онт m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Лаоконт Latin: sh Laokont Slovak: sk Laokoón Spanish: es Laocoonte m Swedish: sv Laokoon Thai: th เลอาโคอัน layaakoan Ukrainian: uk Лаоко́он m Dutch Proper noun m nl mythology en Laocoön, the Trojan priest nl mythology Laocoön, the Argonaut