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

Jean de Gourmont. Laocoon. Etching. c. 1515. Found at the National Gallery of Art, Washington: DC.

This engraving depicts Laocoon and his two sons being attacked by snakes, possibly in front of the Temple of Athena.

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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.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.