LaocoonANCIENT_HouseMenander

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Vatican Laocoon
Ver. Aen. 2.40-56, 190-240
Apollodorus Libr. E. 5.17-18

Artist Unknown. Death of Laocoon and his sons. Wallpainting in Casa di Menandro, Pompeii.

The Casa di Menandro is a family home that was excavated from the ruins of Pompeii. This painting of Laocoon and his sons was discovered on one of the walls of the house and expertly restored.

Slide by CB.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
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