Laocoön (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Laocoön (/leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn, -kəˌwɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λαοκόων, IPA: [laokóɔːn]) may refer to the following personages:

  • Laocoön or Lacoon, one of the Argonauts and a bastard son of King Porthaon of Calydon by a servant woman and thus half-brother to Oeneus. Oeneus, now growing old, sent his brother Laocoon to guard his young son Meleager during their journey to Colchis.
  • Laocoön, the Trojan priest of Poseidon.
For other uses, see Laocoon (disambiguation).
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