Laocoön (/leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn, -kəˌwɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λαοκόων, romanized: Laokóōn, IPA: [laokóɔːn], gen.: Λαοκόοντος) is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology... 16 KB (1,674 words) - 04:02, 4 May 2024 |
The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures... 44 KB (6,076 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2024 |
Laocoon, or Laocoön, may refer to: Laocoön, the Trojan priest of Poseidon Laocoon (mythology), mythological characters named Laocoon. Laocoön and His... 587 bytes (93 words) - 15:13, 6 November 2019 |
their origin to a single marble sculpture, purchased in the 16th century: Laocoön and His Sons was discovered on 14 January 1506, in a vineyard near the... 31 KB (2,443 words) - 04:15, 13 May 2024 |
Greek mythology, Laocoön (/leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn, -kəˌwɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λαοκόων, IPA: [laokóɔːn]) may refer to the following personages: Laocoön or Lacoon, one... 3 KB (317 words) - 18:54, 17 January 2024 |
Citheronia laocoon is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found from the Guianas south to northern Argentina. The moths are relatively... 4 KB (504 words) - 01:03, 21 March 2023 |
Latin epic poem written by Virgil. The phrase is spoken by Trojan priest Laocoön referring to the Trojan Horse used by the Greeks during the Trojan War... 6 KB (704 words) - 15:52, 22 March 2024 |
3240 Laocoon /leɪˈɒkoʊ.ɒn/ is a carbonaceous Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 51 kilometers (32 miles) in diameter. It was discovered... 13 KB (828 words) - 14:49, 25 December 2023 |
had effects in Europe. It was during this time that he wrote his famous Laocoön, or the Limitations of Poetry [de]. In 1765, Lessing returned to Berlin... 25 KB (2,922 words) - 06:21, 13 May 2024 |
him by using a giant horse to sneak inside and destroy the city of Troy. Laocoon (Heathcote Williams) tries to warn the Trojans of a vision of this, but... 11 KB (1,240 words) - 19:44, 11 May 2024 |
204, on the appearance of the sea-serpents who kill the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons horribile dictu horrible to say cf. mirabile dictu hortus... 2 KB (3,600 words) - 06:47, 7 April 2024 |
muscular even though he is starving. Its style reflects the Vatican's Laocoön and His Sons. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854. While in Rome, he... 6 KB (653 words) - 00:33, 22 February 2024 |
Hellenistic art (section Laocoön) the best-known works of Greek sculpture belong to this period, including Laocoön and His Sons, Venus de Milo, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. It follows... 76 KB (8,610 words) - 10:28, 20 March 2024 |
likely related to each other. The very important works of the groups of Laocoön and His Sons, in the Vatican Museums, and the sculptures discovered at... 10 KB (1,265 words) - 08:53, 22 March 2024 |
Serpents then came out of the sea and devoured either Laocoön and one of his two sons, Laocoön and both his sons, or only his sons, a portent which so... 95 KB (12,342 words) - 22:39, 2 May 2024 |
on the Laocoon group, but first to be credited with the Scylla series – suggesting that he was the youngest during the creation of the Laocoon group,... 7 KB (779 words) - 00:56, 18 January 2024 |
Augustus of Prima Porta Colossus of Constantine La Bocca della Verità Laocoön and His Sons Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Pietà... 178 KB (18,171 words) - 06:14, 12 May 2024 |
Augustus of Prima Porta Colossus of Constantine La Bocca della Verità Laocoön and His Sons Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Pietà... 67 KB (7,986 words) - 20:08, 7 May 2024 |
raised knees, wild eyes and broken right arm of Laocoön himself. Michelangelo's reference to the 'Laocoön Group' in the 'Brazen Serpent' has been noted... 115 KB (13,630 words) - 23:08, 8 May 2024 |
images, with relation to television; Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and his work Laocoön; animator Sergio Simonetti; the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford;... 272 KB (39,663 words) - 14:36, 21 April 2024 |
second vowel is pronounced separately. It is also employed in names such as Laocoön, Coös County, and the constellation Boötes. This is also done in Dutch... 11 KB (1,156 words) - 07:43, 3 March 2024 |
epic poetry, inspired poets. Raphael used the face of Laocoön from the classical sculpture Laocoön and His Sons, excavated in 1506 and also in the Vatican... 5 KB (460 words) - 01:01, 2 May 2024 |
the Treaty of Tolentino (1797) by works from the Vatican, such as the Laocoön and Apollo Belvedere, to establish the Louvre as a museum and as a "sign... 140 KB (14,805 words) - 20:11, 7 May 2024 |
or rag. The Nike of Samothrace is made of Parian marble (c. 220–190 BC) Laocoön and His Sons in the Vatican Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul The Praetorians... 32 KB (3,011 words) - 01:23, 11 May 2024 |
higher-ranking to people than hearing was. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing opens his Laocoön: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry (1766) by observing that... 7 KB (894 words) - 08:55, 6 May 2024 |
Victory of Samothrace (c. 2nd century BCE) Terracotta Army (246–210 BCE) Laocoön and His Sons (c. 200 BCE-70 CE) Venus de Milo (130–100 BCE) Equestrian... 33 KB (4,006 words) - 09:02, 9 May 2024 |