--- title: Details from Laocoön & His Sons author: Müze Biletleri source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12869/details-from-laocoon--his-sons/ format: machine-readable-alternate license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) updated: 1970-01-01 --- # Details from Laocoön & His Sons _Authored by Müze Biletleri_ ## Image File [![Details from Laocoön & His Sons](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12869.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12869.jpg) ## Image Caption Detail from Laocoön and His Sons ( c.42-20 BCE), Vatican Museums, [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/), [Italy](https://www.worldhistory.org/italy/). This statue group was found in 1506 CE on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. Following its discovery in a [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) vineyard in 1506 CE, it was placed in the Vatican, where it remains today. The story is that during the [Trojan War](https://www.worldhistory.org/Trojan_War/), Laocoön, a priest of [Apollo](https://www.worldhistory.org/apollo/) in the [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of [Troy](https://www.worldhistory.org/troy/), warned his fellow Trojans against taking in the wooden horse left by the Greeks outside the city gates. [Athena](https://www.worldhistory.org/athena/) and [Poseidon](https://www.worldhistory.org/poseidon/), who were favouring the Greeks, sent two great sea-[serpents](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Serpents/) which have wrapped their coils around Laocoön and his two sons and are killing them. From the Roman point of view, the [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/) of these innocents was crucial to the decision of [Aeneas](https://www.worldhistory.org/Aeneas/), who heeded Laocoön's warning, to flee Troy, and this led to the eventual founding of Rome. ## Cite This Work ### APA Biletleri, M. (2020, October 16). Details from Laocoön & His Sons. *World History Encyclopedia*. ### Chicago Biletleri, Müze. "Details from Laocoön & His Sons." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 16, 2020. . ### MLA Biletleri, Müze. "Details from Laocoön & His Sons." *World History Encyclopedia*, 16 Oct 2020, . ## License & Copyright [Original image](https://www.muzebiletleri.com/bilet/italya/roma/vatikan-muzesi/) by **Müze Biletleri**. Submitted by [Müze Biletleri](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/bilgi/ "User Page: Müze Biletleri"), published on 16 October 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.