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Laocoön and His Sons (marble)

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Laocoön and His Sons (marble)

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Roman, (2nd century BC)

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Pirozzi, Vincenzo / Italian

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Laocoön, son of Acoetes, was a Trojan priest who, with his sons, was attacked by giant serpents sent by the gods. Virgil gives Laocoön the famous line "Equō nē crēdite, Teucrī / Quidquid id est, timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs", or "Do not trust the Horse, Trojans / Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts." This line is the source of the saying: "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts." In Sophocles, he was a priest of Apollo. The Laocoon Group. Marble sculpture of Laocoon and children, Roman copy of Hellenistic original Gruppo del Lacoonte - Roma,Musei Vaticani

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