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Noun: Laocoön
  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 favoured the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoön and his two twin sons killing them

Type of: mythical being

Encyclopedia: Laocoön

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