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laocoon meaning and definition

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LAOCOON noun

Definition of Laocoon (noun)

  1. (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
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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