English noun: Laocoon | |||
1. | Laocoon (person) (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 | ||
Instance hypernym | mythical being | ||
Domain category | Greek mythology | ||