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Laocoon
Laocoon was a Trojan hero who during the Trojan war tried to warn his compatriots against accepting the gift of the Trojan Horse. However, Athena and Poseidon, who supported the Greeks, sent two gigantic sea snakes to destroy Laocoon. This...
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Laocoön: The Suffering of a Trojan Priest & Its Afterlife
The sculpture group of Laocoön and His Sons, on display in the Vatican since its rediscovery in 1506, depicts the suffering of the Trojan prince and priest Laocoön (brother of Anchises) and his young sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus and is...
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Plaster Copy of the Laocoön Group
Plaster copy of the Laocoön group. Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam, (APM 16.097). The sculpture was shown in this way for four centuries. Laocoön's outstretched arm, the arm of the younger son and parts of the snake are early-modern...
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Detail of the Laocoön Group - Thymbraeus
A detail from the Laocoön group, showing the anguished expression on the face of Laocoön's younger son, Thymbraeus. A Roman copy made after a Hellenistic original from c. 200 BCE.
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Impression of the Laocoön Group
Artist's impression of the Laocoön group based on the reconstruction of the original composition suggested by Seymour Howard.
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Details from Laocoön & His Sons
Detail from Laocoön and His Sons ( c.42-20 BCE), Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy. This statue group was found in 1506 CE on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. Following its discovery in a Roman vineyard in 1506 CE, it was placed in the Vatican, where...
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Fresco of Laocoön in the Casa del Menandro
A fresco depicting the Laocoön story in the Casa del Menandro, Pompeii. (Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Laocoön and his Sons, early first century C.E.
More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=C3cwGCezgSQ Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes, Laocoön and his Sons, early first century C.E., marble, 7'10 1/2" high (Vatican Museums) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker...
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Aeneas
In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas is a Trojan prince and the legendary founder of the Romans. He is the son of Anchises, a member of the Trojan royal family, and the goddess Aphrodite/Venus. Aeneas was one of the few Trojan heroes who escaped...
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The Aeneid
The Aeneid, written by the Roman poet Virgil (70-19 BCE), is a twelve-book-long epic poem that describes the early mythology of the founding of Rome. The eponymous hero Aeneas, a Trojan prince and son of Venus, faces trials and tribulations...