(n) (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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
prop. n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.) [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Sculp.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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