Laokoon

Japanese: ラオコオン

In Greek legend, Laocoön was a Trojan prince and a priest of Apollo. During the Trojan War, he was opposed to the introduction of the Wooden Horse, and was strangled to death along with his two sons by two giant snakes sent by Athena. The marble sculpture depicting this figure, Laocoön and His Sons (discovered in 1506 at the ruins of the Baths of Titus in Rome, housed in the Vatican Museums), was created by sculptors from Rhodes in the 1st century BC, and its excessive Roman tragic nature influenced later generations, becoming the starting point for Lessing's critical essay, Laocoön.

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Japanese:

ギリシア伝説で，トロイアの王子でアポロンの神官。トロイア戦争のとき木馬搬入に反対して，アテナが送った２匹の大蛇に息子二人とともに締め殺された。この姿を表す大理石彫刻《ラオコオンと息子たち》（1506年ローマのティトゥス帝浴場跡で発見，バチカン美術館蔵）は前１世紀ロードスの彫刻家たちによるもので，そのローマ的に過剰な悲劇性は後代に影響を与え，レッシングの評論《ラオコオン》の出発点となった。

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