Laocoon Capyos filius Anchisae frater Apollinis sacerdos contra voluntatem Apollinis cum uxorem duxisset atque liberos procreasset, sorte ductus, ut sacrum faceret Neptuno ad litus.
Apollo occasione data a Tenedo per fluctus maris dracones misit duos qui filios eius Antiphantem et Thymbraeum necarent, quibus Laocoon cum auxilium ferre vellet, ipsum quoque nexum necaverunt.
Quod Phryges idcirco factum putarunt, quod Laocoon hastam in equum Troianum miserit. |
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Laocoon, son of Capys and brother of Anchises, had married and raised a family against the will of Apollo; he was now chosen by lot to sacrifice to Poseidon on the shore.
Apollo took the opportunity to send two snakes across the bay from Tenedos, which killed Laocoon's sons, Antiphas and Thymbraeus. When Laocoon tried to come to their aid, the snakes coiled around him and killed him too.
The Trojans concluded that this took place because Laocoon had hurled a spear at the Trojan horse. |
