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Laocoon
(Laoc|oon)
Pronunciation:
/leɪˈɒkəʊɒn/
Greek Mythology
a Trojan priest who, with his two sons, was crushed to death by two great sea serpents as a penalty for warning the Trojans against drawing the wooden horse of the Greeks into Troy.
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