Laocoön and His Sons
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| The statue of '''''Laocoön and His Sons''''', also called the '''''Laocoön Group''''', is a monumental [[marble sculpture]] now in the [[Vatican Museums]], [[Rome]]. The [[statue]] is attributed by the Roman author [[Pliny the Elder]] to three sculptors from the island of [[Rhodes]]: [[Agesander of Rhodes|Agesander]], [[Athenodoros]] and [[Polydorus (sculptor)|Polydorus]]. It shows the Trojan priest [[Laocoön]] and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents. | The statue of '''''Laocoön and His Sons''''', also called the '''''Laocoön Group''''', is a monumental [[marble sculpture]] now in the [[Vatican Museums]], [[Rome]]. The [[statue]] is attributed by the Roman author [[Pliny the Elder]] to three sculptors from the island of [[Rhodes]]: [[Agesander of Rhodes|Agesander]], [[Athenodoros]] and [[Polydorus (sculptor)|Polydorus]]. It shows the Trojan priest [[Laocoön]] and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents. | ||
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The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group, is a monumental marble sculpture now in the Vatican Museums, Rome. The statue is attributed by the Roman author Pliny the Elder to three sculptors from the island of Rhodes: Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus. It shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents.
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