Associations to the word «Laocoon»
Noun
- Trojan
- Cassandra
- Apollo
- Serpent
- Gladiator
- Oder
- Pliny
- Vatican
- Hercules
- Aesthetics
- Collier
- Venus
- Suffering
- Virgil
- Statue
- Sculpture
- Fern
- Anguish
- Spear
- Sculptor
- Darwin
- Poetry
- Snake
- Net
- Colin
- Painting
- Priest
- Essay
- Greek
- Necessity
- Rage
- Horse
- Limit
- Monster
- Ruin
- Struggle
- Sea
- Group
- Formation
- Son
- Rome
- Der
- Guard
- Expression
- Nature
- Operation
- Art
- Description
- Die
- Pain
- Two
- Museum
- God
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Wiktionary
LAOCOÖN, proper noun. (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).
LAOCOÖN, proper noun. (Greek mythology) An Argonaut, son of Porthaon.
Dictionary definition
LAOCOON, noun. (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them.
Wise words
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