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Laocoon ( - )

Trojan prince and priest of Apollo or Poseidon, who was killed by the gods (either for marrying despite his priestly vows or for doubting the Trojan Horse). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-3579?rskey=bsZSNl&result=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoco%C3%B6n Relationships: Laocoon was a brother of Anchises (-)

Linked print sources: as Subject of/in a work of art - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Laocoon and his Sisters.