shatteryourleaves:The Laocoön from the Vatican Museum. This statue, likely a Roman copy of a Greek o
shatteryourleaves:The Laocoön from the Vatican Museum. This statue, likely a Roman copy of a Greek original depicts one of the most memorable incidents from Vergil’s Aeneid. Laocoön, having warned the Trojans against taking the horse into the city, is summarily devoured (along with his sons) by two serpents sent by Athena and Poseidon, both of whom favored the Greeks. It is one of the finest surviving examples of classical sculpture. -- source link