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Originally Posted by Patricia
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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
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.
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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