the Epic Cycle. Laocoön is a Trojan priest. He and his two young sons are attacked by giant serpents, sent by the gods when Laocoön argued against bringing...
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The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures...
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Laocoon, or Laocoön, may refer to: Laocoön, the Trojan priest of Poseidon Laocoon (mythology), mythological characters named Laocoon. Laocoön and His...
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has a rotation period of 11.3 hours. It was named after Laocoön from Greek mythology. Laocoon resides in the Trojan camp of Jupiter's L5 Lagrangian point...
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Greek mythology, Laocoön (/leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn, -kəˌwɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λαοκόων, IPA: [laokóɔːn]) may refer to the following personages: Laocoön or Lacoon, one...
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mythological story of the deaths of Laocoön, a Trojan priest of Poseidon, and his two sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus. Laocoön and his sons were strangled by...
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Citheronia laocoon is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found from the Guianas south to northern Argentina. The moths are relatively...
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favor of Athena for themselves. While questioning Sinon, the Trojan priest Laocoön guesses the plot and warns the Trojans, in Virgil's famous line Timeo Danaos...
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later, as Pliny says the Laocoön belonged to the Emperor Titus in his day. Agesander is named first by Pliny as artist of the Laocoön, with Athenodoros second...
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Latin epic poem written by Virgil. The phrase is spoken by Trojan priest Laocoön referring to the Trojan Horse used by the Greeks during the Trojan War...
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their origin to a single marble sculpture, purchased in the 16th century: Laocoön and His Sons was discovered on 14 January 1506, in a vineyard near the...
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Laocoön and His Sons is a 0.83 m high marble sculpture by Joseph Chinard, now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. It is a reduced-scale copy of the ancient...
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impossible, mentioning that it was he who sent the sea monster to devour Laocoön. Odysseus and his men initially stop on an island dominated by one-eyed...
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Hellenistic art (section Laocoön)
the best-known works of Greek sculpture belong to this period, including Laocoön and His Sons, Venus de Milo, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. It follows...
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Serpents then came out of the sea and devoured either Laocoön and one of his two sons, Laocoön and both his sons, or only his sons, a portent which so...
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had effects in Europe. It was during this time that he wrote his famous Laocoön, or the Limitations of Poetry [de]. In 1765, Lessing returned to Berlin...
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Augustus of Prima Porta Colossus of Constantine La Bocca della Verità Laocoön and His Sons Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Pietà...
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epic poetry, inspired poets. Raphael used the face of Laocoön from the classical sculpture Laocoön and His Sons, excavated in 1506 and also in the Vatican...
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Augustus of Prima Porta Colossus of Constantine La Bocca della Verità Laocoön and His Sons Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Pietà...
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muscular even though he is starving. Its style reflects the Vatican's Laocoön and His Sons. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854. While in Rome, he...
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story, except Laocoön who, along with his two sons, is promptly attacked by a giant sea serpent. Following this, believing that Laocoön was attacked because...
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the Treaty of Tolentino (1797) by works from the Vatican, such as the Laocoön and Apollo Belvedere, to establish the Louvre as a museum and as a "sign...
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second vowel is pronounced separately. It is also employed in names such as Laocoön, Coös County, and the constellation Boötes. This is also done in Dutch...
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or rag. The Nike of Samothrace is made of Parian marble (c. 220–190 BC) Laocoön and His Sons in the Vatican Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul The Praetorians...
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204, on the appearance of the sea-serpents who kill the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons horribile dictu horrible to say cf. mirabile dictu hortus...
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Roman statuary, particularly by the famous first century CE statue of Laocoön and His Sons, which was unearthed in 1506 and put on display in the gallery...
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29, 1978 Nanking Purple Mountain Obs. · 3.4 km MPC · JPL 3240 Laocoon 1978 VG6 Laocoon November 7, 1978 Palomar E. F. Helin, S. J. Bus L5 52 km MPC ·...
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raised knees, wild eyes and broken right arm of Laocoön himself. Michelangelo's reference to the 'Laocoön Group' in the 'Brazen Serpent' has been noted...
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (another of the Seven Wonders), the famous Laocoön and his Sons in the Vatican Museums, a late example, and the bronze original...
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Bandinelli were also sculptors. Baccio Bandinelli's works include: copy of the Laocoön group, at the time in the Cortile del Belvedere, commissioned by Pope Leo...
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