10/17/17
Laocoon is a Greek statue made of marbles and it is considered to one of the greatest and most ancient statue that is unearthed in Rome. The statue is life-size and done by three Greek sculptors, depicting the scene in which the Trojan priest Laocoon and his two sons, Antiphantes and Thymbraeus, being twisted by sea serpents. The body movements and facial expressions of the human figures of the statue highly emphasize the suffering, especially for Laocoon himself: his body parts are twisting and straining. Multiple versions of the history behind are various; it is not mentioned by Homer. Laocoon, in Virgil's Aeneid (which actually came out later than the statue), is Poseidon's priest who is punished to death be after he trying to expose the Trojan Horse tactic. Another version goes that he is killed because he had sex in the temple of Poseidon. Moreover, in Greek tragedian Sophocles's play, Laocoon is the priest of Apollo who is supposed to stay celibate but he get married. Therefore his sons are killed for the punishment and he is left alone suffering.
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