laocoon

La*oc"o*ön, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 1. (Class. Myth.) Defn: A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.) 2. (Sculp.) Defn: A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoön, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.

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