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Laocoön and His Sons (marble)

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PRZ3433290
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Laocoön and His Sons (marble)
Artist
Roman, (2nd century BC)
Photographer
Vincenzo Pirozzi
Location
Vatican Museums and Galleries (Musei e Gallerie Pontificie), Vatican City
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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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snake / reptile / animal / Vatican / Europe / Rome / Italy / Lazio / copy / hellenistic / agony / greek sculpture / archaeological / museums / sea / sophocles / suffering / galleries / thymbraeus / museum / citta del vaticano / virgil / antiphantes
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Large 5554 × 6829 px 470 × 578 mm 43.1 MB
Medium 833 × 1024 px 71 × 87 mm 987 KB

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