Laocoön (/leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn, -kəˌwɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λαοκόων, romanized: Laokóōn, IPA: [laokóɔːn], gen.: Λαοκόοντος) is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology...
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The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures...
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Laocoon, or Laocoön, may refer to: Laocoön, the Trojan priest of Poseidon Laocoon (mythology), mythological characters named Laocoon. Laocoön and His...
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The Laocoön is an oil painting created between 1610 and 1614 by Greek painter El Greco. It is part of a collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington...
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Greek mythology, Laocoön (⫽leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn, -kəˌwɒn⫽; Ancient Greek: Λαοκόων, IPA: [laokóɔːn]) may refer to the following personages: Laocoön or Lacoon, one...
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their origin to a single marble sculpture, purchased in the 16th century: Laocoön and His Sons was discovered on 14 January 1506, in a vineyard near the...
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favor of Athena for themselves. While questioning Sinon, the Trojan priest Laocoön guesses the plot and warns the Trojans, in Virgil's famous line Timeo Danaos...
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Laocoön and His Sons is a 0.83 m high marble sculpture by Joseph Chinard, now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. It is a reduced-scale copy of the ancient...
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Latin epic poem written by Virgil. The phrase is spoken by Trojan priest Laocoön referring to the Trojan Horse used by the Greeks during the Trojan War...
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had effects in Europe. It was during this time that he wrote his famous Laocoön, or the Limitations of Poetry [de]. In 1765, Lessing returned to Berlin...
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