Laocoon
La`oc´o`on
| n. | 1. | (Class. Myth.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2. |
| 2. | (Sculp.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoön, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil. |
| Noun | 1. |  Laocoon - (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them |