Laocoon
noun
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Sense 1 noun
(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
Types & categories
- mythical being instance hypernym
Related & opposite
- Greek mythology domain topic
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| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | mythical being |