laocoon

Noun

Meaning

A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)

A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.

Examples

In Stave V of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens (1843), Scrooge awakes on Christmas morning, "making a perfect Laocoon of himself with his stockings". Source: Internet

His theoretical writings Laocoon and Hamburg Dramaturgy (Hamburgische Dramaturgie) set the standards for the discussion of aesthetic and literary theoretical principles. Source: Internet

Lessing is important as a literary critic for his work Laocoon : An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry. Source: Internet

Two giant serpents rose from the sea and engulfed Laocoon and his two sons. Source: Internet

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