Laocoon was a trojan priest. In the “Iliad”, Homer tells how he tried to stop Trojan Horse’s from entering the city’s walls. The goddess Athena, who was on the Greeks’ side, sent some sea-serpents to kill him and his sons.
The statue, one of the best examples of classic sculpture, represents the exact moment in which the family try to wiggle out of the animal’s mortal grab.
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