| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,915,617,469 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Laocoon |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Acronyms, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
Laocoön
a Trojan priest in ancient Greek mythology. When the Greeks withdrew from Troy and left outside its walls a huge wooden horse (the Trojan Horse), Laocoön did everything possible to dissuade the Trojans from taking the horse into the city. For this the goddess Athena, who aided the Greeks, sent two serpents against Laocoön and these strangled him and his sons. Laocoön’s death was captured in the sculpture group “Laocoön” by the Rhodian masters, Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus (c. 50 B.C.) and in the second book of Virgil’s Aeneid. Comparison of these two works of art served as the starting point for G. Lessing’s treatise on the laws of fine art and poetry, Laocoön, or The Limits of Painting and Poetry (1766). The myth of Laocoön served as a subject for European painters of the 16th and 17th centuries, such as G. Romano and El Greco. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Mentioned in | ? | References in classic literature | ? | Encyclopedia browser | ? | Full browser | ? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No references found | (13) as analysed by Proclus was very similar to Vergil's version in "Aeneid" ii, comprising the episodes of the wooden horse, of Laocoon, of Sinon, the return of the Achaeans from Tenedos, the actual Sack of Troy, the division of spoils and the burning of the city. cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoon of himself with his stockings. We saw the Dying Gladiator at the Capitol, and I think that even we appreciated that wonder of art; as much, perhaps, as we did that fearful story wrought in marble, in the Vatican--the Laocoon. |
Laocoon |
Lao zu Lao's mirror Lao-jun Lao-nia-mer Lao-Singapore Business College Lao-Swedish Road Sector Project Lao-Swedish Upland Agriculture and Forestry Research Program Lao-Tai Languages Lao-tse Lao-tse Lao-tsze Lao-tze Lao-tzu Lao-tzu Lao-tzu (Laozi) Lao-zi Laoag Laoag Laoag City Laoag City LAOALS LAOB LAOBP LAOC LAOCAS LAOCIF Laocoan Laocoeon Laocoon LaocoönLaocoön Laocoön Trojan Laodamia Laodicea Laodicea Laodicea in Media Laodicea in Persis Laodicea in Syria Laodicea in Syria Laodicean Laodicean Laodiceanism Laodiceans Laodiceans Laodiceia Laodiceia Laodicia Laodicia Laodikeia Laodikeia LAODS LAOF LAOG LAOH LAOHF LAOHP LAOI Laoighis Laoighis | |||||||
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|