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Old 09-20-2008, 12:52 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Patricia View Post
It might be Laocoön (the priest who recognised that the Trojan Horse was a trick. the Trojans ignored him. A sea-snake killed him. It was sent by an angry deity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoco%C3%B6n
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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety View Post
Doesn't look like a depiction of Laocoon. Most of the ones I've seen show him in agony (sometimes with his sons) as a result of being strangled by the serpent (which I think was sent by Neptune).

This guy looks more like he is blowing into a conch shell. What the snakes have to do with it, I'll never know, but he doesn't look all that bothered by them.

YOu mean like the Laocoon we saw at the Vatican? I didn't take a photo of it, but here's a nice big photo: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Laocoon.htm
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